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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 10

A few minutes later one of the King’s Servants, who happened to be passing by carrying an earthen jar full of oil for the King’s palace, noticed the Boy lying on his back in the shallow grave, so he stopped and asked him what he was doing.

Who acts: Servants, one, Boy, fellow · What happens: happen, pass, carry, notice, lie, stop · To what, where: earthen jar, Boy, back, fellow · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Servants, one, Boy, fellow), 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

detamodobl:unmarkedadvmodnsubjcasedetnmod:posscasenmodpunctnsubjacl:relclmarkauxadvclmarkadvcldetamodobjamodcaseoblcasedetnmod:posscasenmodpunctdetobjaclcasenmod:possoblcasedetamodoblpunctadvmodnsubjparataxisccconjiobjobjnsubjauxccomppunctrootADETfewADJminutesNOUNlaterADVoneNUMofADPtheDETKingPROPN’sPARTServantsNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONhappenedVERBtoPARTbeAUXpassingVERBbySCONJcarryingVERBanDETearthenADJjarNOUNfullADJofADPoilNOUNforADPtheDETKingPROPN’sPARTpalaceNOUN,PUNCTnoticedVERBtheDETBoyPROPNlyingVERBonADPhisPRONbackNOUNinADPtheDETshallowADJgraveNOUN,PUNCTsoADVhePRONstoppedVERBandCCONJaskedVERBhimPRONwhatPRONhePRONwasAUXdoingVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 minutesdet
2fewfewADJDegree=Pos3 minutesamod
3minutesminuteNOUNNumber=Plur4 laterobl:unmarked
4laterlateADVDegree=Cmp5 oneadvmod
5oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card31 noticednsubj
6ofofADP_10 Servantscase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 Kingdet
8KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing10 Servantsnmod:poss
9’s'sPART_8 Kingcase
10ServantsservantNOUNNumber=Plur5 onenmod
11,,PUNCT_13 happenedpunct
12whowhoPRONPronType=Rel13 happenednsubj
13happenedhappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 Servantsacl:relcl
14totoPART_16 passingmark
15bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf16 passingaux
16passingpassVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part13 happenedadvcl
17bybySCONJ_18 carryingmark
18carryingcarryVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part16 passingadvcl
19anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art21 jardet
20earthenearthenADJDegree=Pos21 jaramod
21jarjarNOUNNumber=Sing18 carryingobj
22fullfullADJDegree=Pos21 jaramod
23ofofADP_24 oilcase
24oiloilNOUNNumber=Sing22 fullobl
25forforADP_29 palacecase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 Kingdet
27KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing29 palacenmod:poss
28’s'sPART_27 Kingcase
29palacepalaceNOUNNumber=Sing21 jarnmod
30,,PUNCT_31 noticedpunct
31noticednoticeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 Boydet
33BoyBoyPROPNNumber=Sing31 noticedobj
34lyinglieVERBVerbForm=Ger33 Boyacl
35ononADP_37 backcase
36hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs37 backnmod:poss
37backbackNOUNNumber=Sing34 lyingobl
38ininADP_41 gravecase
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 gravedet
40shallowshallowADJDegree=Pos41 graveamod
41gravegraveNOUNNumber=Sing34 lyingobl
42,,PUNCT_45 stoppedpunct
43sosoADV_45 stoppedadvmod
44hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs45 stoppednsubj
45stoppedstopVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 noticedparataxis
46andandCCONJ_47 askedcc
47askedaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin45 stoppedconj
48himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs47 askediobj
49whatwhatPRONPronType=Int52 doingobj
50hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs52 doingnsubj
51wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin52 doingaux
52doingdoVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part47 askedccomp
53..PUNCT_31 noticedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpastthe King's Servantsvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2passto-infinitive · progressivethe King's Servants not said herevn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3carrygerundthe King's Servants not said herea earthen jarfor the King's palacevn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jar=Theme
4noticepastone of the King's Servantsthe Boyvn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer boy=Stimulus
5liegerundthe Boy not said herefellow's backin the shallow gravevn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on back=Location
6stoppastfellowvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
7ask speech: askpastfellow not said herefellowvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
8dopast · progressivefellowwhat objvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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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