Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Cat and the Mice., sentence 26
What, then, was her amazement and disgust when she found that on the following morning the very same arrangement had been made, and that Rambé called to Ambé, and Ambé answered Rambé until all the Mice had passed her by, and so, for the second time, she was foiled of her meal.
Who acts: Cat, Rambé, Ambé · What happens: be, find, follow, make, call, answer · To what, where: amazement, same arrangement, Ambé, Rambé, Mice, Cat · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Cat and the Mice.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Cat, Rambé, Ambé), 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 amazement | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 What | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 amazement | cop |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 amazement | nmod:poss |
| 7 | amazement | amazement | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 disgust | cc |
| 9 | disgust | disgust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 amazement | conj |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 found | advmod |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 found | nsubj |
| 12 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 amazement | advcl |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 made | mark |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 morning | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 morning | det |
| 16 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 17 morning | amod |
| 17 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 made | obl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 arrangement | det |
| 19 | very | very | ADV | _ | 20 same | advmod |
| 20 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 arrangement | amod |
| 21 | arrangement | arrangement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 made | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 made | aux |
| 23 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 24 made | aux:pass |
| 24 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 found | ccomp |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 called | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 called | cc |
| 27 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 29 called | mark |
| 28 | Rambé | Rambé | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 called | nsubj |
| 29 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 made | parataxis |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 Ambé | case |
| 31 | Ambé | Ambé | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 called | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 answered | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 answered | cc |
| 34 | Ambé | Ambé | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 answered | nsubj |
| 35 | answered | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 called | conj |
| 36 | Rambé | Rambé | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 answered | obj |
| 37 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 42 passed | mark |
| 38 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 40 Mice | det:predet |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 Mice | det |
| 40 | Mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 passed | nsubj:pass |
| 41 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 passed | aux |
| 42 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 answered | ccomp |
| 43 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 passed | obj |
| 44 | by | by | ADP | _ | 42 passed | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 so | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 so | cc |
| 47 | so | so | ADV | _ | 42 passed | conj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 foiled | punct |
| 49 | for | for | ADP | _ | 52 time | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 time | det |
| 51 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 52 time | amod |
| 52 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 foiled | obl |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 time | punct |
| 54 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 foiled | nsubj:pass |
| 55 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 foiled | aux:pass |
| 56 | foiled | foil | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 passed | conj |
| 57 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 meal | case |
| 58 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 59 meal | nmod:poss |
| 59 | meal | meal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 foiled | obl |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 amazement | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Cat's amazement and disgust | What nsubj; Cat nmod:poss; disgust conj | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | find | past | Cat | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | make | past · perfect · passive | the same arrangement | morning | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 5 | call | past | Rambé | Ambé | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to ambé=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | answer speech: assert | past | Ambé | Rambé | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | pass | past · perfect · passive | all Mice | Cat obj | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient she=Theme | ||||
| 8 | foil | past · passive | Cat | time | of Cat's meal | tree 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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