Folk tales from Tibet, The Kyang, the Fox, the Wolf and the Hare., sentence 2
The Wolf at once proceeded to stalk the Kyang, thinking that he would make an excellent meal off him, and just as he was about to seize upon him the Kyang, noticing his approach, addressed him as follows:
Who acts: Wolf · What happens: proceed, stalk, think, make, be, seize · To what, where: Kyang, excellent meal, approach, Wolf · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Kyang, the Fox, the Wolf and the Hare.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wolf), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Wolf | det |
| 2 | Wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 proceeded | nsubj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 once | case |
| 4 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 proceeded | obl |
| 5 | proceeded | proceed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 stalk | mark |
| 7 | stalk | stalk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 proceeded | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Kyang | det |
| 9 | Kyang | Kyang | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 stalk | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 thinking | punct |
| 11 | thinking | think | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 stalk | advcl |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 make | mark |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 make | nsubj |
| 14 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 make | aux |
| 15 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 thinking | ccomp |
| 16 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 meal | det |
| 17 | excellent | excellent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 meal | amod |
| 18 | meal | meal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 make | obj |
| 19 | off | off | ADP | _ | 20 him | case |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 make | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 about | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 about | cc |
| 23 | just | just | ADV | _ | 27 about | advmod |
| 24 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 27 about | mark |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 about | nsubj |
| 26 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 about | cop |
| 27 | about | about | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 proceeded | advcl |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 seize | mark |
| 29 | seize | seize | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 about | xcomp |
| 30 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 31 him | case |
| 31 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 seize | obl |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 Kyang | det |
| 33 | Kyang | Kyang | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 seize | obj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 noticing | punct |
| 35 | noticing | notice | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 proceeded | advcl |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 approach | nmod:poss |
| 37 | approach | approach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 noticing | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 addressed | punct |
| 39 | addressed | address | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 proceeded | conj |
| 40 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 addressed | obj |
| 41 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 42 follows | mark |
| 42 | follows | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 addressed | advcl |
| 43 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 proceeded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | proceed | past | the Wolf | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | stalk | to-infinitive | the Wolf not said here | the Kyang | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kyang=Theme | ||||
| 3 | think speech: other | gerund | the Wolf not said here | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | make | would | Wolf | a excellent meal | off him = he | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Product | |||
| 5 | is | past | Wolf | about property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | seize | to-infinitive | Wolf not said here | the Kyang | upon Wolf | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kyang=Theme | |||
| 7 | notice | gerund | the Wolf not said here | Wolf's approach | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer approach=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | address | past | the Wolf not said here | Wolf | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination | ||||
| 9 | follow | present | the Wolf not said here | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 10 | approach | Wolf | nom approach «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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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