Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 47
The Boy dressed himself up in his best clothes, and, after feasting the wedding party in the usual manner, he begged them all to go on ahead of him, saying that he would follow as soon as he had said good-bye to his Mother.
Who acts: Boy · What happens: dress up, feast, beg, go, say, follow · To what, where: Boy, best clothes, wedding party, usual manner, clothes, said good bye · 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 (Boy), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Boy | det |
| 2 | Boy | Boy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dressed | nsubj |
| 3 | dressed | dress | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 dressed | obj |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 dressed | compound:prt |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 clothes | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 8 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 clothes | amod |
| 9 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 3 dressed | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 begged | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 begged | cc |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 and | punct |
| 13 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 14 feasting | mark |
| 14 | feasting | feast | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 begged | advcl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 party | det |
| 16 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 party | compound |
| 17 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 feasting | obj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 manner | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 manner | det |
| 20 | usual | usual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 manner | amod |
| 21 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 feasting | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 feasting | punct |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 begged | nsubj |
| 24 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 dressed | conj |
| 25 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 begged | obj |
| 26 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 them | nmod:unmarked |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 go | mark |
| 28 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 24 begged | ccomp |
| 29 | on | on | ADP | _ | 32 him | case |
| 30 | ahead | ahead | ADV | _ | 32 him | advmod |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 him | case |
| 32 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 go | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 saying | punct |
| 34 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 begged | advcl |
| 35 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 38 follow | mark |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 follow | nsubj |
| 37 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 follow | aux |
| 38 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 saying | ccomp |
| 39 | as | as | ADV | _ | 40 soon | advmod |
| 40 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 44 said | advmod |
| 41 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 44 said | mark |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 said | nsubj |
| 43 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 said | aux |
| 44 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 47 bye | amod |
| 45 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 bye | amod |
| 46 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 45 good | punct |
| 47 | bye | bye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 follow | obj |
| 48 | to | to | ADP | _ | 50 Mother | case |
| 49 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 Mother | nmod:poss |
| 50 | Mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 follow | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 dressed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dress up | past | the Boy | Boy | Boy's best clothes | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | |||
| 2 | feast | gerund | Boy not said here | the wedding party | the usual manner | tree rules | |||
| 3 | beg speech: request | past | Boy | clothes | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | go not said to happen | to-infinitive | on Boy | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on he=Location | |||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | gerund | Boy not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | follow | would | Boy | said good bye | to Boy's Mother | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bye=Theme to mother=Trajectory | |||
| 7 | say speech: assert | past · perfect | Boy | soon property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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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