Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 129
So he handed over to the disguised merchant, not only his own property, but also the merchandise, which he had previously won from her Husband; and the two, carrying their possessions with them, returned to their own home, where they lived happily ever afterwards.
Who acts: cat, merchandise, two, mice · What happens: hand over, disguise, win, carry, return, live · To what, where: disguised merchant, possessions
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, merchandise, two, mice), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 handed | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 handed | nsubj |
| 3 | handed | hand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 3 handed | compound:prt |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 merchant | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 merchant | det |
| 7 | disguised | disguise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 merchant | amod |
| 8 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 handed | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 property | punct |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 property | advmod |
| 11 | only | only | ADV | _ | 14 property | advmod |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 property | nmod:poss |
| 13 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 property | amod |
| 14 | property | property | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 merchant | appos |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 merchandise | punct |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 19 merchandise | cc |
| 17 | also | also | ADV | _ | 19 merchandise | advmod |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 merchandise | det |
| 19 | merchandise | merchandise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 handed | parataxis |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 won | punct |
| 21 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 won | nsubj |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 won | nsubj |
| 23 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 won | aux |
| 24 | previously | previously | ADV | _ | 25 won | advmod |
| 25 | won | win | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 merchandise | parataxis |
| 26 | from | from | ADP | _ | 28 Husband | case |
| 27 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 Husband | nmod:poss |
| 28 | Husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 won | obl |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 carrying | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 carrying | cc |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 two | det |
| 32 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 34 carrying | nsubj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 carrying | punct |
| 34 | carrying | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 handed | advcl |
| 35 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 possessions | nmod:poss |
| 36 | possessions | possession | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 carrying | obj |
| 37 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 them | case |
| 38 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 carrying | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 returned | punct |
| 40 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 handed | conj |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 home | case |
| 42 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 home | nmod:poss |
| 43 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 home | amod |
| 44 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 returned | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 lived | punct |
| 46 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 48 lived | advmod |
| 47 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 lived | nsubj |
| 48 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 handed | conj |
| 49 | happily | happily | ADV | _ | 48 lived | advmod |
| 50 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 48 lived | advmod |
| 51 | afterwards | afterwards | ADV | _ | 48 lived | advmod |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 handed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hand over | past | cat | the disguised merchant | the merchandise parataxis | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to merchant=Destination | |||
| 2 | disguise | participle | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | win | past · perfect | the merchandise | from Landlord's Husband; cat nsubj; previously property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from husband=Source | ||||
| 4 | carry | gerund | the two | mice's possessions | with mice = mouse | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme | |||
| 5 | return | past | cat not said here | to mice's own home result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to home=Result | ||||
| 6 | live | past | mice = mouse | ever | afterwards, happily property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 7 | possess | mice = mouse | nom possession «act 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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