Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 83
He woke with the first gleam of dawn, and in the early morning light he saw that he was all white and woolly, and in his simplicity he believed that, as a punishment for his wickedness in killing his father-in-law, he had been turned into a sheep.
Who acts: Boy, wickedness · What happens: wake, see, be, believe, kill, turn · To what, where: early morning light, that, simplicity, father, law, Boy · 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, wickedness), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 woke | nsubj |
| 2 | woke | wake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 gleam | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 gleam | det |
| 5 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 gleam | amod |
| 6 | gleam | gleam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 woke | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 dawn | case |
| 8 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gleam | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 saw | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 saw | cc |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 light | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 light | det |
| 13 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 light | amod |
| 14 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 light | compound |
| 15 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 saw | obl |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 saw | nsubj |
| 17 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 woke | conj |
| 18 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 22 white | mark |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 white | nsubj |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 white | cop |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 22 white | det |
| 22 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 saw | ccomp |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 woolly | cc |
| 24 | woolly | woolly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 white | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 believed | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 believed | cc |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 simplicity | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 simplicity | nmod:poss |
| 29 | simplicity | simplicity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 believed | obl |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 believed | nsubj |
| 31 | believed | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 woke | conj |
| 32 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 31 believed | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 punishment | punct |
| 34 | as | as | ADP | _ | 36 punishment | case |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 punishment | det |
| 36 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 believed | obl |
| 37 | for | for | ADP | _ | 39 wickedness | case |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 wickedness | nmod:poss |
| 39 | wickedness | wickedness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 punishment | nmod |
| 40 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 41 killing | mark |
| 41 | killing | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 39 wickedness | acl |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 father | nmod:poss |
| 43 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 killing | obj |
| 44 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 47 law | punct |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 law | case |
| 46 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 45 in | punct |
| 47 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 father | nmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 turned | punct |
| 49 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 turned | nsubj |
| 50 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 turned | aux |
| 51 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 52 turned | aux:pass |
| 52 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 woke | parataxis |
| 53 | into | into | ADP | _ | 55 sheep | case |
| 54 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 55 sheep | det |
| 55 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 turned | obl |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 woke | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wake | past | Boy | with the first gleam of dawn | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with gleam=Instrument | ||||
| 2 | see | past | Boy | the early morning light | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | is | past | Boy | white property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | be | Boy not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | believe | past | Boy | that | Boy's simplicity | as a punishment for Boy's wickedness | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | ||
| 6 | kill | gerund | Boy's wickedness not said here | Boy's father | law | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme | |||
| 7 | turn | past · perfect · passive | Boy | into a sheep result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into sheep=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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