Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 45
Some time afterwards the Boy’s Mother arranged with a rich family, who lived some miles away, and who were not acquainted with her son’s failings, that the Boy should marry the daughter of the house; and that, in accordance with Tibetan custom, he should become a member of the Bride’s family.
Who acts: Mother, rich family, Boy, that, son · What happens: arrange, live, not acquaint, marry, become, fail · To what, where: daughter, member
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 (Mother, rich family, Boy, that), 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 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 time | det |
| 2 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 arranged | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | afterwards | afterwards | ADV | _ | 2 time | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Boy | det |
| 5 | Boy | Boy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Mother | nmod:poss |
| 6 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 5 Boy | case |
| 7 | Mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 arranged | nsubj |
| 8 | arranged | arrange | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 family | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 family | det |
| 11 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 family | amod |
| 12 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 arranged | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 lived | punct |
| 14 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 lived | nsubj |
| 15 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 family | acl:relcl |
| 16 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 17 miles | det |
| 17 | miles | mile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 away | obl:unmarked |
| 18 | away | away | ADV | _ | 15 lived | advmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 acquainted | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 acquainted | cc |
| 21 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 acquainted | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 acquainted | aux:pass |
| 23 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 24 acquainted | advmod |
| 24 | acquainted | acquaint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 arranged | parataxis |
| 25 | with | with | ADP | _ | 29 failings | case |
| 26 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 son | nmod:poss |
| 27 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 failings | nmod:poss |
| 28 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 27 son | case |
| 29 | failings | failing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 acquainted | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 marry | punct |
| 31 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 35 marry | mark |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 Boy | det |
| 33 | Boy | Boy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 marry | nsubj |
| 34 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 marry | aux |
| 35 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 acquainted | conj |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 daughter | det |
| 37 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 marry | obj |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 house | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 house | det |
| 40 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 daughter | nmod |
| 41 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 53 become | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 become | cc |
| 43 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 53 become | nsubj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 accordance | punct |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 accordance | case |
| 46 | accordance | accordance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 that | appos |
| 47 | with | with | ADP | _ | 49 custom | case |
| 48 | Tibetan | Tibetan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 custom | compound |
| 49 | custom | custom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 accordance | nmod |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 that | punct |
| 51 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 become | nsubj |
| 52 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 53 become | aux |
| 53 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 arranged | advcl |
| 54 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 55 member | det |
| 55 | member | member | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 become | xcomp |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 family | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 Bride | det |
| 58 | Bride | Bride | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 family | nmod:poss |
| 59 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 58 Bride | case |
| 60 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 member | nmod |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 arranged | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrange | past | the Boy's Mother | time | with a rich family | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with family=Instrument | |||
| 2 | live | past | a rich family | away property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not acquaint speech: other | past · passive | with mother's son's failings; who nsubj:pass | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | |||||
| 4 | marry | should | the Boy | the daughter of the house | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | ||||
| 5 | become | should | that | a member of the Bride's family | Boy nsubj | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||
| 6 | fail | mother's son | nom failing «state 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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