Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 91
On hearing this the robbers were very much frightened, and ran off as fast as they could; and the Boy, thankful to have escaped from this danger, and being thoroughly worn out by the exertions and exposure of the last twenty-four hours, returned to his Bride’s house.
Who acts: exertions · What happens: hear, frighten, run off, escape, wear out, return · To what, where: this, danger
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 (exertions), 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 | On | on | SCONJ | _ | 2 hearing | mark |
| 2 | hearing | hear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 frightened | advcl |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 hearing | obj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 robbers | det |
| 5 | robbers | robber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hearing | obj |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 frightened | aux:pass |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 much | advmod |
| 8 | much | much | ADV | _ | 9 frightened | advmod |
| 9 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 ran | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 ran | cc |
| 12 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 frightened | conj |
| 13 | off | off | ADP | _ | 12 ran | compound:prt |
| 14 | as | as | ADV | _ | 15 fast | advmod |
| 15 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 ran | advmod |
| 16 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 18 could | mark |
| 17 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 could | nsubj |
| 18 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 fast | advcl |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 thankful | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 thankful | cc |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Boy | det |
| 22 | Boy | Boy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 thankful | nsubj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Boy | punct |
| 24 | thankful | thankful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 frightened | conj |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 escaped | mark |
| 26 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 27 escaped | aux |
| 27 | escaped | escape | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 24 thankful | advcl |
| 28 | from | from | ADP | _ | 30 danger | case |
| 29 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 30 danger | det |
| 30 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 escaped | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 worn | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 worn | cc |
| 33 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 35 worn | aux:pass |
| 34 | thoroughly | thoroughly | ADV | _ | 35 worn | advmod |
| 35 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 frightened | conj |
| 36 | out | out | ADP | _ | 35 worn | compound:prt |
| 37 | by | by | ADP | _ | 39 exertions | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 exertions | det |
| 39 | exertions | exertion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 returned | nsubj |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 exposure | cc |
| 41 | exposure | exposure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 exertions | conj |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 hours | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 hours | det |
| 44 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 hours | amod |
| 45 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 47 four | compound |
| 46 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 45 twenty | punct |
| 47 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 48 hours | nummod |
| 48 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 exposure | nmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 exertions | punct |
| 50 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 worn | parataxis |
| 51 | to | to | ADP | _ | 55 house | case |
| 52 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 house | nmod:poss |
| 53 | Bride | Bride | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 house | nmod:poss |
| 54 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 53 Bride | case |
| 55 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 returned | obl |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 frightened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | gerund | this | the robbers obj | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | frighten | past · passive | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | ||||||
| 3 | run off | past | fast property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | escape | to-infinitive · perfect | this danger | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from danger=Initial_Location | |||||
| 5 | wear out | gerund · passive | thoroughly property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative» | |||||
| 6 | return | past | the exertions and exposure of the last four hours | to Boy's house result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to house=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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