Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Two Neighbours., sentence 17
He was very much delighted at this discovery, and having collected all the jewels, he carried them away to a neighbouring town, where he was able to sell them for a large sum of money, and thus found himself in a condition of great comfort and prosperity.
Who acts: ear · What happens: be, collect, carry away, neighbour, sell, find · To what, where: discovery, jewels, man, neighbouring town, ear, condition
This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Two Neighbours.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ear), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 delighted | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 delighted | cop |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 much | advmod |
| 4 | much | much | ADV | _ | 5 delighted | advmod |
| 5 | delighted | delighted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 discovery | case |
| 7 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 discovery | det |
| 8 | discovery | discovery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 delighted | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 collected | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 collected | cc |
| 11 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 collected | aux |
| 12 | collected | collect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 delighted | parataxis |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 jewels | det:predet |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 jewels | det |
| 15 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 collected | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 carried | punct |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 carried | nsubj |
| 18 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 collected | conj |
| 19 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 carried | obj |
| 20 | away | away | ADV | _ | 18 carried | advmod |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 town | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 town | det |
| 23 | neighbouring | neighbour | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 24 town | amod |
| 24 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 carried | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 able | punct |
| 26 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 29 able | advmod |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 able | nsubj |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 able | cop |
| 29 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 town | parataxis |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 sell | mark |
| 31 | sell | sell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 able | xcomp |
| 32 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 sell | obj |
| 33 | for | for | ADP | _ | 36 sum | case |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 sum | det |
| 35 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 sum | amod |
| 36 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 sell | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 money | case |
| 38 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 sum | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 found | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 found | cc |
| 41 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 42 found | advmod |
| 42 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 delighted | parataxis |
| 43 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 42 found | obj |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 condition | case |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 condition | det |
| 46 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 found | obl |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 comfort | case |
| 48 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 comfort | amod |
| 49 | comfort | comfort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 condition | nmod |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 prosperity | cc |
| 51 | prosperity | prosperity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 comfort | conj |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 delighted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | ear | this discovery | delighted property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | collect | gerund · perfect | all jewels | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jewel=Theme | |||||
| 3 | carry away | past | ear | man | a neighbouring town | away property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to town=Destination | ||
| 4 | neighbour | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | is | past | ear | able property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | sell | to-infinitive | ear not said here | man | for a large sum of money | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Theme for sum=Asset | |||
| 7 | find | past | ear | a condition of great comfort and prosperity | thus property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | |||
| 8 | sum | money | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 9 | condition | great comfort and prosperity | nom condition «state 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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