Folk tales from Tibet, How He Dislodged the Spider., sentence 48

The old man was so much astonished at hearing this reply, which he looked upon as a proof of the Boy’s supernatural powers, that he forthwith became one of his most ardent admirers; and as he had seen where the Boy’s horse, dog, and other belongings had disappeared to on the occasion when they had all followed the fox, he was able to lead the boy to a distant valley, where he found his horse and dog together.

Who acts: old man, reply, Boy, other belongings · What happens: be, hear, look, become, see, disappear · To what, where: reply, horse, occasion, belongings, boy, distant valley

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 (old man, reply, Boy, other belongings), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 astonished	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 astonished	cop
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 much	advmod
6	much	much	ADV	_	7 astonished	advmod
7	astonished	astonished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	at	at	SCONJ	_	9 hearing	mark
9	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 astonished	advcl
10	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 reply	det
11	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hearing	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 looked	punct
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 looked	nsubj
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 looked	nsubj
15	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 reply	parataxis
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 proof	case
17	as	as	ADP	_	19 proof	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 proof	det
19	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 looked	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	25 powers	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Boy	det
22	Boy	Boy	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 powers	nmod:poss
23	’s	's	PART	_	22 Boy	case
24	supernatural	supernatural	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 powers	compound
25	powers	power	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 proof	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 became	punct
27	that	that	SCONJ	_	30 became	mark
28	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 became	nsubj
29	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	_	30 became	advmod
30	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 looked	conj
31	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	30 became	xcomp
32	of	of	ADP	_	36 admirers	case
33	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 admirers	nmod:poss
34	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	35 ardent	advmod
35	ardent	ardent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 admirers	amod
36	admirers	admirer	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 one	nmod
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 seen	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 seen	cc
39	as	as	SCONJ	_	42 seen	mark
40	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 seen	nsubj
41	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 seen	aux
42	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 astonished	parataxis
43	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	47 horse	advmod
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 Boy	det
45	Boy	Boy	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 horse	nmod:poss
46	’s	's	PART	_	45 Boy	case
47	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 seen	obj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 dog	punct
49	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 horse	conj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 disappeared	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 disappeared	cc
52	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 belongings	amod
53	belongings	belonging	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 disappeared	nsubj
54	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 disappeared	aux
55	disappeared	disappear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	42 seen	conj
56	to	to	PART	_	55 disappeared	xcomp
57	on	on	ADP	_	59 occasion	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 occasion	det
59	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 disappeared	obl
60	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	64 followed	advmod
61	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 followed	nsubj:pass
62	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 followed	aux
63	all	all	ADV	_	64 followed	advmod
64	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	55 disappeared	advcl
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 fox	det
66	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 followed	obj
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 able	punct
68	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 able	nsubj
69	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	70 able	cop
70	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 astonished	conj
71	to	to	PART	_	72 lead	mark
72	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	70 able	xcomp
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 boy	det
74	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 lead	obj
75	to	to	ADP	_	78 valley	case
76	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	78 valley	det
77	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	78 valley	amod
78	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 lead	obl
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 found	punct
80	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	82 found	advmod
81	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	82 found	nsubj
82	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	78 valley	acl:relcl
83	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	84 horse	nmod:poss
84	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 found	obj
85	and	and	CCONJ	_	86 dog	cc
86	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 horse	conj
87	together	together	ADV	_	82 found	advmod
88	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 astonished	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the old man			astonished property	tree rules
2	hear	gerund	the old man not said here	this reply			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer reply=Stimulus
3	look	past	this reply			upon a proof of the Boy's supernatural powers; Boy nsubj	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon proof=Theme
4	become	past	Boy			one of Boy's ardent admirers xcomp; forthwith property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
5	see	past · perfect	Boy	the Boy's horse and dog			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horse=Stimulus
6	disappear	past · perfect	other belongings		the occasion		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	follow	past · perfect · passive		belongings = belonging		the fox obj; all property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme fox=Attribute
8	is	past	Boy			able property	tree rules
9	lead	to-infinitive	Boy not said here	the boy	a distant valley		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent boy=Theme to valley=Destination
10	find	past	Boy	Boy's horse and dog		together property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Topic
11	proof			the Boy's supernatural powers			nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 48