Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 65
When he arrived at the house the parents of his Bride hurried out to greet him, and after asking him why he was so late, they led him to the room where the wedding feast was laid out.
Who acts: horse, parents · What happens: arrive, hurry out, greet, ask, be, lead · To what, where: house, horse, room, wedding feast
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 (horse, parents), 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 arrived | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 arrived | nsubj |
| 3 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 hurried | advcl |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 house | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 house | det |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 arrived | obl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 parents | det |
| 8 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 hurried | nsubj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Bride | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 Bride | nmod:poss |
| 11 | Bride | Bride | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 parents | nmod |
| 12 | hurried | hurry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | out | out | ADP | _ | 12 hurried | compound:prt |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 greet | mark |
| 15 | greet | greet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 hurried | advcl |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 greet | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 led | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 led | cc |
| 19 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 20 asking | mark |
| 20 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 led | advcl |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 asking | obj |
| 22 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 26 late | advmod |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 late | nsubj |
| 24 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 late | cop |
| 25 | so | so | ADV | _ | 26 late | advmod |
| 26 | late | late | ADV | Degree=Pos | 20 asking | advmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 asking | punct |
| 28 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 led | nsubj |
| 29 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 hurried | conj |
| 30 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 led | obj |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 room | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 room | det |
| 33 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 led | obl |
| 34 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 39 laid | advmod |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 feast | det |
| 36 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 feast | compound |
| 37 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 laid | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 laid | aux:pass |
| 39 | laid | lay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 room | acl:relcl |
| 40 | out | out | ADP | _ | 39 laid | compound:prt |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 hurried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | past | horse | the house | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hurry out | past | the parents of horse's Bride | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | greet speech: greet | to-infinitive | the parents of horse's Bride not said here | horse | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 4 | ask speech: ask | gerund | parents = parent not said here | horse | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | is | past | horse | late property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | lead | past | parents = parent | horse | the room | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to room=Destination | |||
| 7 | lay out | past · passive | the wedding feast | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
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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