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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

nsubjcasedetamodoblcasenmodpunctcccasedetamodcompoundoblnsubjconjmarknsubjcopdetccompccconjpunctcccasenmod:possoblnsubjconjobjpunctcasedetoblcasenmod:possnmodmarkaclnmod:possobjpunctcasepunctnmodpunctnsubjauxaux:passparataxiscasedetoblpunctrootHePRONwokeVERBwithADPtheDETfirstADJgleamNOUNofADPdawnNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJinADPtheDETearlyADJmorningNOUNlightNOUNhePRONsawVERBthatSCONJhePRONwasAUXallDETwhiteADJandCCONJwoollyADJ,PUNCTandCCONJinADPhisPRONsimplicityNOUNhePRONbelievedVERBthatPRON,PUNCTasADPaDETpunishmentNOUNforADPhisPRONwickednessNOUNinSCONJkillingVERBhisPRONfatherNOUN-PUNCTinADP-PUNCTlawNOUN,PUNCThePRONhadAUXbeenAUXturnedVERBintoADPaDETsheepNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 wokensubj
2wokewakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3withwithADP_6 gleamcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 gleamdet
5firstfirstADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord6 gleamamod
6gleamgleamNOUNNumber=Sing2 wokeobl
7ofofADP_8 dawncase
8dawndawnNOUNNumber=Sing6 gleamnmod
9,,PUNCT_17 sawpunct
10andandCCONJ_17 sawcc
11ininADP_15 lightcase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 lightdet
13earlyearlyADJDegree=Pos15 lightamod
14morningmorningNOUNNumber=Sing15 lightcompound
15lightlightNOUNNumber=Sing17 sawobl
16hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 sawnsubj
17sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 wokeconj
18thatthatSCONJ_22 whitemark
19hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 whitensubj
20wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 whitecop
21allallDETPronType=Tot22 whitedet
22whitewhiteADJDegree=Pos17 sawccomp
23andandCCONJ_24 woollycc
24woollywoollyADJDegree=Pos22 whiteconj
25,,PUNCT_31 believedpunct
26andandCCONJ_31 believedcc
27ininADP_29 simplicitycase
28hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 simplicitynmod:poss
29simplicitysimplicityNOUNNumber=Sing31 believedobl
30hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs31 believednsubj
31believedbelieveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 wokeconj
32thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem31 believedobj
33,,PUNCT_36 punishmentpunct
34asasADP_36 punishmentcase
35aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art36 punishmentdet
36punishmentpunishmentNOUNNumber=Sing31 believedobl
37forforADP_39 wickednesscase
38hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs39 wickednessnmod:poss
39wickednesswickednessNOUNNumber=Sing36 punishmentnmod
40ininSCONJ_41 killingmark
41killingkillVERBVerbForm=Ger39 wickednessacl
42hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 fathernmod:poss
43fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing41 killingobj
44--PUNCT_47 lawpunct
45ininADP_47 lawcase
46--PUNCT_45 inpunct
47lawlawNOUNNumber=Sing43 fathernmod
48,,PUNCT_52 turnedpunct
49hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs52 turnednsubj
50hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin52 turnedaux
51beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part52 turnedaux:pass
52turnedturnVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 wokeparataxis
53intointoADP_55 sheepcase
54aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art55 sheepdet
55sheepsheepNOUNNumber=Sing52 turnedobl
56..PUNCT_2 wokepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wakepastBoywith the first gleam of dawnvn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with gleam=Instrument
2seepastBoythe early morning lightvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3ispastBoywhite propertytree rules
4beBoy not said heretree rules
5believepastBoythatBoy's simplicityas a punishment for Boy's wickednessvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus
6killgerundBoy's wickedness not said hereBoy's fatherlawvn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme
7turnpast · perfect · passiveBoyinto a sheep resultvn 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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