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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 120

Just at dusk the cat, carrying the lantern in its mouth, began to cross the courtyard towards the door of the room where it was expected to bring the light, and when about half way across the yard the Husband released one of the mice from the box which he had hidden in his robe.

Who acts: cat, courtyard, Husband · What happens: carry, begin, cross, expect, bring, release · To what, where: lantern, mouth, courtyard, light, way, box

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 (cat, courtyard, 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

advmodcaseobldetnsubjpunctacldetobjcasenmod:possoblpunctmarkxcompdetobjcasedetoblcasedetnmodadvmodnsubj:passaux:passacl:relclmarkxcompdetobjpunctccadvmodadvmodadvmodoblcasedetnmoddetnsubjconjobjcasedetnmodcasedetoblnsubj:passnsubjauxacl:relclcasenmod:possoblpunctrootJustADVatADPduskNOUNtheDETcatNOUN,PUNCTcarryingVERBtheDETlanternNOUNinADPitsPRONmouthNOUN,PUNCTbeganVERBtoPARTcrossVERBtheDETcourtyardNOUNtowardsADPtheDETdoorNOUNofADPtheDETroomNOUNwhereADVitPRONwasAUXexpectedVERBtoPARTbringVERBtheDETlightNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwhenADVaboutADVhalfADVwayNOUNacrossADPtheDETyardNOUNtheDETHusbandPROPNreleasedVERBoneNUMofADPtheDETmiceNOUNfromADPtheDETboxNOUNwhichPRONhePRONhadAUXhiddenVERBinADPhisPRONrobeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JustjustADV_5 catadvmod
2atatADP_3 duskcase
3duskduskNOUNNumber=Sing1 Justobl
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 catdet
5catcatNOUNNumber=Sing14 begannsubj
6,,PUNCT_7 carryingpunct
7carryingcarryVERBVerbForm=Ger5 catacl
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 lanterndet
9lanternlanternNOUNNumber=Sing7 carryingobj
10ininADP_12 mouthcase
11itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs12 mouthnmod:poss
12mouthmouthNOUNNumber=Sing7 carryingobl
13,,PUNCT_5 catpunct
14beganbeginVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
15totoPART_16 crossmark
16crosscrossVERBVerbForm=Inf14 beganxcomp
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 courtyarddet
18courtyardcourtyardNOUNNumber=Sing16 crossobj
19towardstowardsADP_21 doorcase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 doordet
21doordoorNOUNNumber=Sing16 crossobl
22ofofADP_24 roomcase
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 roomdet
24roomroomNOUNNumber=Sing21 doornmod
25wherewhereADVPronType=Rel28 expectedadvmod
26ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs28 expectednsubj:pass
27wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin28 expectedaux:pass
28expectedexpectVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass24 roomacl:relcl
29totoPART_30 bringmark
30bringbringVERBVerbForm=Inf28 expectedxcomp
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 lightdet
32lightlightNOUNNumber=Sing30 bringobj
33,,PUNCT_44 releasedpunct
34andandCCONJ_44 releasedcc
35whenwhenADVPronType=Int44 releasedadvmod
36aboutaboutADV_37 halfadvmod
37halfhalfADVNumForm=Word NumType=Frac38 wayadvmod
38waywayNOUNNumber=Sing44 releasedobl
39acrossacrossADP_41 yardcase
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 yarddet
41yardyardNOUNNumber=Sing38 waynmod
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 Husbanddet
43HusbandHusbandPROPNNumber=Sing44 releasednsubj
44releasedreleaseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 beganconj
45oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card44 releasedobj
46ofofADP_48 micecase
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 micedet
48micemouseNOUNNumber=Plur45 onenmod
49fromfromADP_51 boxcase
50thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art51 boxdet
51boxboxNOUNNumber=Sing44 releasedobl
52whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel55 hiddennsubj:pass
53hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs55 hiddennsubj
54hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin55 hiddenaux
55hiddenhideVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass51 boxacl:relcl
56ininADP_58 robecase
57hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs58 robenmod:poss
58roberobeNOUNNumber=Sing55 hiddenobl
59..PUNCT_14 beganpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1carrygerundthe cat not said herethe lanternlantern's mouthvn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lantern=Value in mouth=Location
2beginpastthe catvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3crossto-infinitivethe cat not said herethe courtyardtowards the door of the roomvn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent courtyard=Patient towards door=Recipient
4expectpast · passivecourtyardtree rules
5bring not said to happento-infinitivecourtyard not said herethe lightvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent light=Theme
6releasepastthe Husbandway across the yardthe boxone of the mice objvn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer one=Source
7hidepast · perfect · passivethe boxHusband's robeHusband nsubjvn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in robe=Location

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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