Folk tales from Tibet, How He Dislodged the Spider., sentence 39

He now bent his steps towards his Mother’s house, and as he was going along the road to his home he suddenly came face to face with the old Beggar who had previously insulted him, and whom he had had beaten and turned out when he was looking for the turquoise.

Who acts: Boy · What happens: bend, go, come, insult, have, beat · To what, where: steps, road, old Beggar

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 (Boy), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bent	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 bent	advmod
3	bent	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 steps	nmod:poss
5	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bent	obj
6	towards	towards	ADP	_	10 house	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 Mother	nmod:poss
8	Mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 house	nmod:poss
9	’s	's	PART	_	8 Mother	case
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bent	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 came	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 came	cc
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 going	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 going	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 going	aux
16	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	25 came	advcl
17	along	along	ADP	_	19 road	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 road	det
19	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 going	obl
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 home	case
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 home	nmod:poss
22	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 going	obl
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 came	nsubj
24	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	25 came	advmod
25	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bent	conj
26	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 came	nsubj
27	to	to	ADP	_	28 face	case
28	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 face	nmod
29	with	with	ADP	_	32 Beggar	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 Beggar	det
31	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 Beggar	amod
32	Beggar	Beggar	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 came	obl
33	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	36 insulted	nsubj:pass
34	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 insulted	aux
35	previously	previously	ADV	_	36 insulted	advmod
36	insulted	insult	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 Beggar	acl:relcl
37	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 insulted	obj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 whom	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 whom	cc
40	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 came	obl
41	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 had	nsubj
42	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 had	aux
43	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	40 whom	acl:relcl
44	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 had	xcomp
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 turned	cc
46	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	43 had	conj
47	out	out	ADP	_	46 turned	compound:prt
48	when	when	SCONJ	_	51 looking	mark
49	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 looking	nsubj
50	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 looking	aux
51	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	46 turned	advcl
52	for	for	ADP	_	54 turquoise	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 turquoise	det
54	turquoise	turquoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 looking	obl
55	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bent	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	past	Boy	Boy's steps		now	towards Boy's Mother's house	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent step=Material
2	go	past · progressive	Boy		the road		to Boy's home	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme along road=Initial_Location to home=Destination
3	come	past	Boy				with the old Beggar; face to face nsubj; whom obl; suddenly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	insult	past · perfect · passive		the old Beggar			Boy obj; previously property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer he=Result
5	have	past · perfect	Boy					tree rules
6	beat	participle	Boy not said here					vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	turn out	participle	Boy not said here					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	look	past · progressive	Boy				for the turquoise	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for turquoise=Theme
9	step		Boy					nom step «act transitive»: poss=agent

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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🌲 Folk tales from Tibet, How He Dislodged the Spider., sentence 39

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Folk tales from Tibet, How He Dislodged the Spider., sentence 39