Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Tiger and the Man., sentence 65
“Now,” said he, speaking from the inside to the Tiger, “you see what a foolish creature a Tiger is compared to a Man.
Who acts: strength, you, foolish creature · What happens: say, speak, see, compare · To what, where: inside, foolish creature, Tiger · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Tiger and the Man.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (strength, you, foolish creature), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 2 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 said | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Now | punct |
| 4 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Now | punct |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 said | nsubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 speaking | punct |
| 8 | speaking | speak | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 said | advcl |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 inside | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 inside | det |
| 11 | inside | inside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 speaking | obl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 Tiger | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Tiger | det |
| 14 | Tiger | Tiger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 speaking | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 see | punct |
| 16 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 see | punct |
| 17 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 see | nsubj |
| 18 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 speaking | conj |
| 19 | what | what | DET | PronType=Int | 22 creature | det:predet |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 creature | det |
| 21 | foolish | foolish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 creature | amod |
| 22 | creature | creature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 see | obj |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 Tiger | det |
| 24 | Tiger | Tiger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 compared | nsubj:pass |
| 25 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 compared | aux:pass |
| 26 | compared | compare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 creature | acl:relcl |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 Man | case |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 Man | det |
| 29 | Man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 compared | obl |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | strength | now | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | speak speech: other | gerund | strength not said here | the inside | to the Tiger | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to tiger=Co-Agent | |||
| 3 | see in a quote | present | you | what foolish creature | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer creature=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | compare in a quote | present · passive | what foolish creature not said here | a Tiger | to a Man | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=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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