Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 80
After running for some distance he reached a neighbouring farm, where, as it happened, a large honeycomb had been left lying in the corner of the courtyard.
Who acts: man, it, large honeycomb · What happens: run, reach, happen, leave, lie · To what, where: neighbouring farm, large honeycomb, corner
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 (man, it, large honeycomb), 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 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 2 running | mark |
| 2 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 reached | advcl |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 distance | case |
| 4 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 distance | det |
| 5 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 running | obl |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 reached | nsubj |
| 7 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 farm | det |
| 9 | neighbouring | neighbouring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 farm | amod |
| 10 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reached | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 where | punct |
| 12 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 farm | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 happened | punct |
| 14 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 16 happened | mark |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 happened | nsubj |
| 16 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 reached | parataxis |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 left | punct |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 honeycomb | det |
| 19 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 honeycomb | amod |
| 20 | honeycomb | honeycomb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 left | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 left | aux |
| 22 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 23 left | aux:pass |
| 23 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 happened | conj |
| 24 | lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 23 left | xcomp |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 corner | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 corner | det |
| 27 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 lying | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 courtyard | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 courtyard | det |
| 30 | courtyard | courtyard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 corner | nmod |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 reached | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | gerund | man not said here | for some distance | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for distance=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | reach | past | man | a neighbouring farm | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent farm=Theme | ||||
| 3 | happen | past | it | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | leave | past · perfect · passive | a large honeycomb | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | lie | gerund | a large honeycomb not said here | the corner of the courtyard | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=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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