Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 78
But to his horror the stone, instead of being hard, gave way, and a muffled groan issued from it; and on examining the spot, he found that instead of striking a stone, he had delivered a violent blow upon the grey head of his Bride’s father, who, overcome by his potations during the wedding feast, had fallen asleep at the foot of the stairs.
Who acts: fellow, father · What happens: be, give, muffle, issue, examine, find · To what, where: way, muffled groan, stone, spot, violent blow, foot · 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 (fellow, father), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 horror | cc |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 horror | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 horror | nmod:poss |
| 4 | horror | horror | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 stone | det |
| 6 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 horror | appos |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hard | punct |
| 8 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 11 hard | case |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 instead | fixed |
| 10 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 hard | cop |
| 11 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 stone | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 gave | punct |
| 13 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 hard | conj |
| 14 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 gave | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 issued | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 issued | cc |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 groan | det |
| 18 | muffled | muffle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 groan | amod |
| 19 | groan | groan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 issued | nsubj:pass |
| 20 | issued | issue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 gave | conj |
| 21 | from | from | ADP | _ | 22 it | case |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 issued | obl |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 found | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 found | cc |
| 25 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 26 examining | mark |
| 26 | examining | examine | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 31 found | advcl |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 spot | det |
| 28 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 examining | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 examining | punct |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 found | nsubj |
| 31 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 gave | parataxis |
| 32 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 41 delivered | mark |
| 33 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=SCONJ | 35 striking | mark |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 instead | fixed |
| 35 | striking | strike | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 41 delivered | advcl |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 stone | det |
| 37 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 striking | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 striking | punct |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 delivered | nsubj |
| 40 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 delivered | aux |
| 41 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 31 found | ccomp |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 blow | det |
| 43 | violent | violent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 blow | amod |
| 44 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 delivered | obj |
| 45 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 48 head | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 head | det |
| 47 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 head | amod |
| 48 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 blow | nmod |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 father | case |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 Bride | nmod:poss |
| 51 | Bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 father | nmod:poss |
| 52 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 51 Bride | case |
| 53 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 head | nmod |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 overcome | punct |
| 55 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 57 overcome | nsubj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 overcome | punct |
| 57 | overcome | overcome | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 53 father | acl:relcl |
| 58 | by | by | ADP | _ | 60 potations | case |
| 59 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 potations | nmod:poss |
| 60 | potations | potation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 overcome | obl |
| 61 | during | during | ADP | _ | 64 feast | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 feast | det |
| 63 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 feast | compound |
| 64 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 overcome | obl |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 fallen | punct |
| 66 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 67 fallen | aux |
| 67 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 31 found | conj |
| 68 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 fallen | xcomp |
| 69 | at | at | ADP | _ | 71 foot | case |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 foot | det |
| 71 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 fallen | obl |
| 72 | of | of | ADP | _ | 74 stairs | case |
| 73 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 74 stairs | det |
| 74 | stairs | stair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 71 foot | nmod |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 horror | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | hard property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | give | past | way | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | |||||
| 3 | muffle | participle | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | issue | participle · passive | a muffled groan | stone | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 5 | examine | gerund | fellow not said here | the spot | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Theme | ||||
| 6 | find | past | fellow | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 7 | strike | gerund | fellow not said here | a stone | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Patient | ||||
| 8 | deliver | past · perfect | fellow | a violent blow | upon the grey head of fellow's Bride's father | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Patient | |||
| 9 | overcome | participle | fellow's Bride's father | during the wedding feast | by fellow's potations | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | |||
| 10 | fall | past · perfect | fellow not said here | the foot of the stairs | asleep property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at foot=Location |
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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