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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of Good Faith., sentence 55

I happened to pass by, and he called to me, asking me to let him out, promising that if I did so he would spare my life.

Who acts: I, Tiger · What happens: happen, pass by, call, ask, let out, promise · To what, where: me, Tiger, life · 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 (I, Tiger), 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

nsubjmarkxcompoblpunctccnsubjparataxiscaseoblpunctxcompiobjmarkxcompobjcompound:prtpunctconjmarkmarknsubjauxadvmodnsubjauxadvclnmod:possobjpunctrootIPRONhappenedVERBtoPARTpassVERBbyADP,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONcalledVERBtoADPmePRON,PUNCTaskingVERBmePRONtoPARTletVERBhimPRONoutADP,PUNCTpromisingVERBthatSCONJifSCONJIPRONdidAUXsoADVhePRONwouldAUXspareVERBmyPRONlifeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs2 happenednsubj
2happenedhappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoPART_4 passmark
4passpassVERBVerbForm=Inf2 happenedxcomp
5bybyADP_4 passobl
6,,PUNCT_9 calledpunct
7andandCCONJ_9 calledcc
8hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 callednsubj
9calledcallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 happenedparataxis
10totoADP_11 mecase
11meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs9 calledobl
12,,PUNCT_13 askingpunct
13askingaskVERBVerbForm=Ger9 calledxcomp
14meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs13 askingiobj
15totoPART_16 letmark
16letletVERBVerbForm=Inf13 askingxcomp
17himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 letobj
18outoutADP_16 letcompound:prt
19,,PUNCT_20 promisingpunct
20promisingpromiseVERBVerbForm=Ger13 askingconj
21thatthatSCONJ_28 sparemark
22ififSCONJ_24 didmark
23IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs24 didnsubj
24diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin28 spareaux
25sosoADV_24 didadvmod
26hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs28 sparensubj
27wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin28 spareaux
28sparespareVERBVerbForm=Inf20 promisingadvcl
29mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs30 lifenmod:poss
30lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing28 spareobj
31..PUNCT_2 happenedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpastItree rules
2pass byto-infinitiveI not said herevn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3callpastTigermevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent to i=Recipient clause=Topic
4ask speech: askgerundTiger not said heremevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
5let out not said to happento-infinitiveTiger not said hereTigervn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
6promise speech: promisegerundTiger not said herevn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
7sparewould · past · do-supportTigermy lifevn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Asset

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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