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Folk tales from Tibet, How He Dislodged the Spider., sentence 35

The people of the house were greatly astonished at seeing the Spider emerge, but the Boy ordered them not to touch her; and having satisfied herself that there was really water on the cloth, she climbed again up her thread, and went back into the Lady’s ear to impart the good news to her family.

Who acts: Spider, Boy, water, piece · What happens: astonish, see, emerge, order, not touch, have · To what, where: people, Spider, piece, cloth, thread, ear

This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, How He Dislodged the Spider.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Spider, Boy, water, piece), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.

The tree

detnsubjcasedetnmodaux:passadvmodmarkadvcldetobjxcomppunctccdetnsubjconjobjadvmodmarkxcompobjpunctccreparandumconjobjmarkexpladvcladvmodnsubjcasedetoblpunctnsubjparataxisadvmodcasenmod:possoblpunctccconjadvmodcasedetnmod:posscaseoblmarkadvcldetamodobjcasenmod:possoblpunctrootTheDETpeopleNOUNofADPtheDEThouseNOUNwereAUXgreatlyADVastonishedVERBatSCONJseeingVERBtheDETSpiderPROPNemergeVERB,PUNCTbutCCONJtheDETBoyPROPNorderedVERBthemPRONnotPARTtoPARTtouchVERBherPRON;PUNCTandCCONJhavingVERBsatisfiedVERBherselfPRONthatSCONJtherePRONwasVERBreallyADVwaterNOUNonADPtheDETclothNOUN,PUNCTshePRONclimbedVERBagainADVupADPherPRONthreadNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwentVERBbackADVintoADPtheDETLadyPROPN’sPARTearNOUNtoPARTimpartVERBtheDETgoodADJnewsNOUNtoADPherPRONfamilyNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 peopledet
2peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur8 astonishednsubj
3ofofADP_5 housecase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 housedet
5househouseNOUNNumber=Sing2 peoplenmod
6werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 astonishedaux:pass
7greatlygreatlyADV_8 astonishedadvmod
8astonishedastonishVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
9atatSCONJ_10 seeingmark
10seeingseeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part8 astonishedadvcl
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 Spiderdet
12SpiderSpiderPROPNNumber=Sing10 seeingobj
13emergeemergeVERBVerbForm=Inf10 seeingxcomp
14,,PUNCT_18 orderedpunct
15butbutCCONJ_18 orderedcc
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 Boydet
17BoyBoyPROPNNumber=Sing18 orderednsubj
18orderedorderVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 astonishedconj
19themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs18 orderedobj
20notnotPARTPolarity=Neg22 touchadvmod
21totoPART_22 touchmark
22touchtouchVERBVerbForm=Inf18 orderedxcomp
23hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 touchobj
24;;PUNCT_27 satisfiedpunct
25andandCCONJ_27 satisfiedcc
26havinghaveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part27 satisfiedreparandum
27satisfiedsatisfyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 astonishedconj
28herselfherselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes27 satisfiedobj
29thatthatSCONJ_31 wasmark
30theretherePRONPronType=Dem31 wasexpl
31wasbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin27 satisfiedadvcl
32reallyreallyADV_33 wateradvmod
33waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing31 wasnsubj
34ononADP_36 clothcase
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 clothdet
36clothclothNOUNNumber=Sing31 wasobl
37,,PUNCT_39 climbedpunct
38sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs39 climbednsubj
39climbedclimbVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin27 satisfiedparataxis
40againagainADV_39 climbedadvmod
41upupADP_43 threadcase
42herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 threadnmod:poss
43threadthreadNOUNNumber=Sing39 climbedobl
44,,PUNCT_46 wentpunct
45andandCCONJ_46 wentcc
46wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin39 climbedconj
47backbackADV_46 wentadvmod
48intointoADP_52 earcase
49thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art50 Ladydet
50LadyLadyPROPNNumber=Sing52 earnmod:poss
51’s'sPART_50 Ladycase
52earearNOUNNumber=Sing46 wentobl
53totoPART_54 impartmark
54impartimpartVERBVerbForm=Inf46 wentadvcl
55thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art57 newsdet
56goodgoodADJDegree=Pos57 newsamod
57newsnewsNOUNNumber=Sing54 impartobj
58totoADP_60 familycase
59herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs60 familynmod:poss
60familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing54 impartobl
61..PUNCT_8 astonishedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1astonishpast · passivethe people of the housegreatly propertyvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2seegerundthe Spidertree rules
3emergeinfinitivethe Spider not said herevn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4orderpastthe Boypeoplevn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
5not touch not said to happento-infinitivethe Boy not said herepiecevn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Co-Theme
6havegerundvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7satisfypastpiecevn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus herself=Experiencer
8bepastwaterthe cloth; therevn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on cloth=Location
9climbpastpiecepiece's threadagainvn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up thread=Trajectory
10go backpastpiece not said herethe Lady's earvn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
11impartto-infinitivepiece not said herethe good newsto piece's familytree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Text: «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Project Gutenberg book 75000 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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