Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 107
After the lapse of one or two months his Wife grew anxious about him, and knowing that from the infirmity of his mind he was likely to get himself into some scrape or another, she decided to set out herself to see what had become of him.
Who acts: Wife, cat · What happens: grow, know, be, get, decide, set out · To what, where: that, infirmity, mind, cat, scrape, wife · 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 (Wife, cat), 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 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 lapse | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lapse | det |
| 3 | lapse | lapse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 grew | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 months | case |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 months | nummod |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 two | cc |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 one | conj |
| 8 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 grew | obl |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 Wife | nmod:poss |
| 10 | Wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 grew | nsubj |
| 11 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | anxious | anxious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 grew | xcomp |
| 13 | about | about | ADP | _ | 14 him | case |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 anxious | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 decided | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 decided | cc |
| 17 | knowing | know | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 38 decided | advcl |
| 18 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 knowing | obj |
| 19 | from | from | ADP | _ | 21 infirmity | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 infirmity | det |
| 21 | infirmity | infirmity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 knowing | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 mind | case |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 mind | nmod:poss |
| 24 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 infirmity | nmod |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 likely | nsubj |
| 26 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 likely | cop |
| 27 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 mind | acl:relcl |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 get | mark |
| 29 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 likely | xcomp |
| 30 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 29 get | obj |
| 31 | into | into | ADP | _ | 33 scrape | case |
| 32 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 33 scrape | det |
| 33 | scrape | scrape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 get | obl |
| 34 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 35 another | cc |
| 35 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 33 scrape | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 knowing | punct |
| 37 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 decided | nsubj |
| 38 | decided | decide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 grew | conj |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 set | mark |
| 40 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 decided | xcomp |
| 41 | out | out | ADP | _ | 40 set | compound:prt |
| 42 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 40 set | obj |
| 43 | to | to | PART | _ | 44 see | mark |
| 44 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 set | advcl |
| 45 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 47 become | nsubj |
| 46 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 become | aux |
| 47 | become | become | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 44 see | ccomp |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 him | case |
| 49 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 become | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 grew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | past | cat's Wife | after the lapse; month | anxious property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | know | gerund | wife not said here | that | the infirmity of cat's mind | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | is | past | cat | cat's mind not said here | likely property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | get | to-infinitive | cat not said here | cat | some scrape | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer himself=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | decide | past | wife | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | set out not said to happen | to-infinitive | wife not said here | wife | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | see | to-infinitive | wife not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 8 | become | past · perfect | of cat; what nsubj | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 9 | mind | cat | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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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