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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 119

When evening approached, the Landlord and the Lady seated themselves in the supper room, waiting to see whether or no the cat would appear as expected, whilst the Husband hid himself in a corner of the courtyard, just outside the door near where the cat was accustomed to pass.

Who acts: evening, Landlord, cat, Husband · What happens: approach, seat, wait, see, appear, expect · To what, where: mice, supper room, Husband, corner, 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 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 (evening, Landlord, cat, Husband), 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

advmodnsubjadvclpunctdetnsubjccdetconjobjcasedetcompoundoblpunctadvclmarkadvclmarkfixeddiscoursedetnsubjauxccompadvmodadvclpunctmarkdetnsubjconjobjcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctadvmodcasedetconjmarkadvmoddetnsubjaux:passaclmarkxcomppunctrootWhenADVeveningNOUNapproachedVERB,PUNCTtheDETLandlordPROPNandCCONJtheDETLadyPROPNseatedVERBthemselvesPRONinADPtheDETsupperNOUNroomNOUN,PUNCTwaitingVERBtoPARTseeVERBwhetherSCONJorCCONJnoINTJtheDETcatNOUNwouldAUXappearVERBasADVexpectedVERB,PUNCTwhilstSCONJtheDETHusbandPROPNhidVERBhimselfPRONinADPaDETcornerNOUNofADPtheDETcourtyardNOUN,PUNCTjustADVoutsideADPtheDETdoorNOUNnearADPwhereADVtheDETcatNOUNwasAUXaccustomedVERBtoPARTpassVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int3 approachedadvmod
2eveningeveningNOUNNumber=Sing3 approachednsubj
3approachedapproachVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 seatedadvcl
4,,PUNCT_3 approachedpunct
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 Landlorddet
6LandlordLandlordPROPNNumber=Sing10 seatednsubj
7andandCCONJ_9 Ladycc
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 Ladydet
9LadyLadyPROPNNumber=Sing6 Landlordconj
10seatedseatVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
11themselvesthemselvesPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes10 seatedobj
12ininADP_15 roomcase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 roomdet
14suppersupperNOUNNumber=Sing15 roomcompound
15roomroomNOUNNumber=Sing10 seatedobl
16,,PUNCT_17 waitingpunct
17waitingwaitVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part10 seatedadvcl
18totoPART_19 seemark
19seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf17 waitingadvcl
20whetherwhetherSCONJExtPos=SCONJ26 appearmark
21ororCCONJ_20 whetherfixed
22nonoINTJPolarity=Neg26 appeardiscourse
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 catdet
24catcatNOUNNumber=Sing26 appearnsubj
25wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin26 appearaux
26appearappearVERBVerbForm=Inf19 seeccomp
27asasADV_28 expectedadvmod
28expectedexpectVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass26 appearadvcl
29,,PUNCT_33 hidpunct
30whilstwhilstSCONJ_33 hidmark
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 Husbanddet
32HusbandHusbandPROPNNumber=Sing33 hidnsubj
33hidhideVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 seatedconj
34himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes33 hidobj
35ininADP_37 cornercase
36aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art37 cornerdet
37cornercornerNOUNNumber=Sing33 hidobl
38ofofADP_40 courtyardcase
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 courtyarddet
40courtyardcourtyardNOUNNumber=Sing37 cornernmod
41,,PUNCT_45 doorpunct
42justjustADV_45 dooradvmod
43outsideoutsideADP_45 doorcase
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 doordet
45doordoorNOUNNumber=Sing37 cornerconj
46nearnearADP_51 accustomedmark
47wherewhereADVPronType=Rel51 accustomedadvmod
48thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art49 catdet
49catcatNOUNNumber=Sing51 accustomednsubj
50wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin51 accustomedaux:pass
51accustomedaccustomVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass45 dooracl
52totoPART_53 passmark
53passpassVERBVerbForm=Inf51 accustomedxcomp
54..PUNCT_10 seatedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1approachpasteveningvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2seatpastthe Landlord and the Ladymice = mousethe supper roomvn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent themselves=Value in room=Location
3waitgerundthe Landlord and the Lady not said herevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4seeto-infinitivethe Landlord and the Lady not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5appearwouldthe catvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6expectparticiplethe cat not said herevn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
7hidepastthe HusbandHusbanda corner of the courtyard and the doorvn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in corner=Location
8accustompast · passivethe cattree rules
9passto-infinitivevn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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