Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 39
So the Boy went off towards his own home, and as he got near to the house he saw a strange dog sneaking out of the door, carrying in his mouth a purse full of money, which he had just picked up inside.
Who acts: Boy, strange dog · What happens: go off, get, see, sneak out, carry, pick up · To what, where: strange dog, door, purse, mouth, money
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 (Boy, strange dog), 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 | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Boy | det |
| 3 | Boy | Boy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 went | compound:prt |
| 6 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 9 home | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 home | nmod:poss |
| 8 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 home | amod |
| 9 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 saw | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 saw | cc |
| 12 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 14 got | mark |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 got | nsubj |
| 14 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 saw | advcl |
| 15 | near | near | ADV | _ | 14 got | advmod |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 house | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 house | det |
| 18 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 got | obl |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 saw | nsubj |
| 20 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | conj |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 dog | det |
| 22 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 dog | amod |
| 23 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 saw | obj |
| 24 | sneaking | sneak | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 23 dog | acl |
| 25 | out | out | ADP | _ | 28 door | case |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 door | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 door | det |
| 28 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 sneaking | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 carrying | punct |
| 30 | carrying | carry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 saw | advcl |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 mouth | case |
| 32 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 33 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 carrying | obl |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 purse | det |
| 35 | purse | purse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 carrying | obj |
| 36 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 purse | amod |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 money | case |
| 38 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 full | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 picked | punct |
| 40 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 picked | nsubj:pass |
| 41 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 picked | nsubj:pass |
| 42 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 picked | aux |
| 43 | just | just | ADV | _ | 44 picked | advmod |
| 44 | picked | pick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 money | acl:relcl |
| 45 | up | up | ADP | _ | 44 picked | compound:prt |
| 46 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 44 picked | advmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go off | past | the Boy | towards Boy's own home | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | past | Boy | to the house result; near property | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to house=Result | ||||
| 3 | see | past | Boy | a strange dog | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | sneak out | gerund | a strange dog not said here | the door | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Agent | ||||
| 5 | carry | gerund | Boy not said here | a purse | Boy's mouth | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent purse=Value in mouth=Location | |||
| 6 | pick up | past · perfect · passive | money | Boy nsubj:pass; inside property | vn discover-84-1 «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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