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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of Good Faith., sentence 78

The door was bolted outside, and he was unable to come out, and was in danger of starving to death, so he called out to me, asking me to release him, promising me, if I did so, that he would spare my life.

Who acts: Tiger, danger, I · What happens: bolt, be, come out, starve, call out, ask · To what, where: door, danger, me, Tiger, life

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 (Tiger, danger, I), 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

detnsubj:passaux:passadvmodpunctccnsubjcopconjmarkxcompadvmodpunctcccopcaseoblmarkaclcaseoblpunctadvmodnsubjparataxiscompound:prtcaseoblpunctadvcliobjmarkxcompobjpunctconjobjpunctmarknsubjadvcladvmodpunctmarknsubjauxparataxisnmod:possobjpunctrootTheDETdoorNOUNwasAUXboltedVERBoutsideADV,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONwasAUXunableADJtoPARTcomeVERBoutADV,PUNCTandCCONJwasAUXinADPdangerNOUNofSCONJstarvingVERBtoADPdeathNOUN,PUNCTsoADVhePRONcalledVERBoutADPtoADPmePRON,PUNCTaskingVERBmePRONtoPARTreleaseVERBhimPRON,PUNCTpromisingVERBmePRON,PUNCTifSCONJIPRONdidVERBsoADV,PUNCTthatSCONJhePRONwouldAUXspareVERBmyPRONlifeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 doordet
2doordoorNOUNNumber=Sing4 boltednsubj:pass
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 boltedaux:pass
4boltedboltVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5outsideoutsideADV_4 boltedadvmod
6,,PUNCT_10 unablepunct
7andandCCONJ_10 unablecc
8hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 unablensubj
9wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 unablecop
10unableunableADJDegree=Pos4 boltedconj
11totoPART_12 comemark
12comecomeVERBVerbForm=Inf10 unablexcomp
13outoutADV_12 comeadvmod
14,,PUNCT_18 dangerpunct
15andandCCONJ_18 dangercc
16wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 dangercop
17ininADP_18 dangercase
18dangerdangerNOUNNumber=Sing12 comeobl
19ofofSCONJ_20 starvingmark
20starvingstarveVERBVerbForm=Ger18 dangeracl
21totoADP_22 deathcase
22deathdeathNOUNNumber=Sing20 starvingobl
23,,PUNCT_26 calledpunct
24sosoADV_26 calledadvmod
25hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs26 callednsubj
26calledcallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 boltedparataxis
27outoutADP_26 calledcompound:prt
28totoADP_29 mecase
29meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs26 calledobl
30,,PUNCT_31 askingpunct
31askingaskVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part26 calledadvcl
32meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs31 askingiobj
33totoPART_34 releasemark
34releasereleaseVERBVerbForm=Inf31 askingxcomp
35himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs34 releaseobj
36,,PUNCT_37 promisingpunct
37promisingpromiseVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part31 askingconj
38meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs37 promisingobj
39,,PUNCT_42 didpunct
40ififSCONJ_42 didmark
41IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs42 didnsubj
42diddoVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin48 spareadvcl
43sosoADV_42 didadvmod
44,,PUNCT_48 sparepunct
45thatthatSCONJ_48 sparemark
46hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs48 sparensubj
47wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin48 spareaux
48sparespareVERBVerbForm=Inf37 promisingparataxis
49mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs50 lifenmod:poss
50lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing48 spareobj
51..PUNCT_4 boltedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1boltpast · passivethe dooroutside propertyvn gobble-39.3-1 «NP V NP up»: subject=Patient
2ispastTigerunable propertytree rules
3come outto-infinitiveTiger not said hereout propertyvn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
4ispastdangertree rules
5starvegerunddanger not said hereto deathtree rules
6call out speech: assertpastTigermevn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to i=Recipient
7ask speech: askgerundTiger not said heremevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
8release not said to happento-infinitiveTiger not said hereTigervn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer he=Source
9promise speech: promisegerundTiger not said heremevn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent i=Theme
10dopastIvn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
11sparewouldTigermy 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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