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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of Good Faith., sentence 48

They noticed that the old Cow contented herself with the driest and smallest patches of grass, whilst showing her Calf where to find the richest and most luxuriant pasture, and that she willingly deprived herself of any comfort in order to afford pleasure to the youngster.

Who acts: words, old Cow, Calf · What happens: notice, content, show, find, deprive, afford · To what, where: Cow, richest, Calf, order, pleasure · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of Good Faith.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (words, old Cow, Calf), 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

nsubjmarkdetamodnsubjccompobjcasedetamodccconjoblcasenmodpunctmarkadvclnmod:possnsubjadvmodmarkccompdetobjccadvmodamodconjpunctccmarknsubjadvmodconjobjcasedetoblcaseoblmarkadvclobjcasedetoblpunctrootTheyPRONnoticedVERBthatSCONJtheDEToldADJCowPROPNcontentedVERBherselfPRONwithADPtheDETdriestADJandCCONJsmallestADJpatchesNOUNofADPgrassNOUN,PUNCTwhilstSCONJshowingVERBherPRONCalfNOUNwhereADVtoPARTfindVERBtheDETrichestADJandCCONJmostADVluxuriantADJpastureNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthatSCONJshePRONwillinglyADVdeprivedVERBherselfPRONofADPanyDETcomfortNOUNinADPorderNOUNtoPARTaffordVERBpleasureNOUNtoADPtheDETyoungsterNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 noticednsubj
2noticednoticeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thatthatSCONJ_7 contentedmark
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 Cowdet
5oldoldADJDegree=Pos6 Cowamod
6CowCowPROPNNumber=Sing7 contentednsubj
7contentedcontentVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 noticedccomp
8herselfherselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes7 contentedobj
9withwithADP_14 patchescase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 patchesdet
11driestdryADJDegree=Sup14 patchesamod
12andandCCONJ_13 smallestcc
13smallestsmallADJDegree=Sup11 driestconj
14patchespatchNOUNNumber=Plur7 contentedobl
15ofofADP_16 grasscase
16grassgrassNOUNNumber=Sing14 patchesnmod
17,,PUNCT_19 showingpunct
18whilstwhilstSCONJ_19 showingmark
19showingshowVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part7 contentedadvcl
20herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 Calfnmod:poss
21CalfcalfNOUNNumber=Sing24 findnsubj
22wherewhereADVPronType=Rel24 findadvmod
23totoPART_24 findmark
24findfindVERBVerbForm=Inf19 showingccomp
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 richestdet
26richestrichADJDegree=Sup24 findobj
27andandCCONJ_30 pasturecc
28mostmostADVDegree=Sup29 luxuriantadvmod
29luxuriantluxuriantADJDegree=Pos30 pastureamod
30pasturepastureNOUNNumber=Sing26 richestconj
31,,PUNCT_36 deprivedpunct
32andandCCONJ_36 deprivedcc
33thatthatSCONJ_36 deprivedmark
34sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 deprivednsubj
35willinglywillinglyADV_36 deprivedadvmod
36depriveddepriveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 noticedconj
37herselfherselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes36 deprivedobj
38ofofADP_40 comfortcase
39anyanyDETPronType=Ind40 comfortdet
40comfortcomfortNOUNNumber=Sing36 deprivedobl
41ininADP_42 ordercase
42orderorderNOUNNumber=Sing36 deprivedobl
43totoPART_44 affordmark
44affordaffordVERBVerbForm=Inf36 deprivedadvcl
45pleasurepleasureNOUNNumber=Sing44 affordobj
46totoADP_48 youngstercase
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 youngsterdet
48youngsteryoungsterNOUNNumber=Sing44 affordobl
49..PUNCT_2 noticedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1noticepastwords = wordvn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2contentpastthe old CowCowwith the driest patches of grassvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus herself=Experiencer
3showgerundthe old Cow not said herevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4findto-infinitiveCow's Calfthe richest and luxuriant pasturevn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rich=Topic
5deprivepastCalfCalforderof any comfort; willingly propertyvn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent herself=Source of comfort=Theme
6affordto-infinitiveCalf not said herepleasureto the youngstertree 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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