Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 31
When he saw this, the King’s Servant became very angry, and asked him what on earth he meant by stamping his foot like that, and breaking a valuable jar of oil, which was intended for the King.
Who acts: nonsense, Servant · What happens: see, become, ask, mean, stamp, break · To what, where: this, nonsense, earth, foot, valuable jar · 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 (nonsense, Servant), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 saw | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 saw | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 became | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 King | det |
| 7 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 became | nmod:poss |
| 8 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 7 King | case |
| 9 | Servant | Servant | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 became | nsubj |
| 10 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 saw | conj |
| 11 | very | very | ADV | _ | 12 angry | advmod |
| 12 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 became | xcomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 asked | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 asked | cc |
| 15 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 saw | conj |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 asked | iobj |
| 17 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 21 meant | obj |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 earth | case |
| 19 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 meant | obl |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 meant | nsubj |
| 21 | meant | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 asked | ccomp |
| 22 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 23 stamping | mark |
| 23 | stamping | stamp | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 meant | advcl |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 foot | nmod:poss |
| 25 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 stamping | obj |
| 26 | like | like | ADP | _ | 27 that | case |
| 27 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 stamping | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 breaking | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 breaking | cc |
| 30 | breaking | break | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 saw | conj |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 jar | det |
| 32 | valuable | valuable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 jar | amod |
| 33 | jar | jar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 breaking | obj |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 oil | case |
| 35 | oil | oil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 jar | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 intended | punct |
| 37 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 intended | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 intended | aux:pass |
| 39 | intended | intend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 jar | acl |
| 40 | for | for | ADP | _ | 42 King | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 King | det |
| 42 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 intended | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | nonsense | this | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | become | past | Servant | the King nmod:poss; angry property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | past | nonsense not said here | nonsense | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | mean | past | nonsense | earth | what obj | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | |||
| 5 | stamp | gerund | nonsense not said here | nonsense's foot | like that | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Destination | |||
| 6 | break | gerund | nonsense not said here | a valuable jar of oil | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jar=Patient | ||||
| 7 | intend | past · passive | a valuable jar of oil | for the King | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
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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