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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, How the Dog and Cat Came to Be Enemies, sentence 54

When the cat heard where it was, she said, “But the river, how can I get across the river?” to which he replied, “I can swim, and when you come to the bank you get on my back and I will take you across.”

Who acts: cat, neighbour, son, you · What happens: hear, be, say, get, reply, swim · To what, where: river, bank, back, you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, How the Dog and Cat Came to Be Enemies. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cat, neighbour, son, you), 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

advmoddetnsubjadvcladvmodnsubjccomppunctnsubjpunctpunctccdetccomppunctadvmodauxnsubjconjcasedetoblpunctpunctcaseoblnsubjparataxispunctpunctnsubjauxccomppunctccadvmodnsubjconjcasedetoblnsubjacl:relclcasenmod:possoblccnsubjauxconjobjadvmodpunctpunctrootWhenADVtheDETcatNOUNheardVERBwhereADVitPRONwasVERB,PUNCTshePRONsaidVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTButCCONJtheDETriverNOUN,PUNCThowADVcanAUXIPRONgetVERBacrossADPtheDETriverNOUN?PUNCT”PUNCTtoADPwhichPRONhePRONrepliedVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTIPRONcanAUXswimVERB,PUNCTandCCONJwhenADVyouPRONcomeVERBtoADPtheDETbankNOUNyouPRONgetVERBonADPmyPRONbackNOUNandCCONJIPRONwillAUXtakeVERByouPRONacrossADV.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int4 heardadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 catdet
3catcatNOUNNumber=Sing4 heardnsubj
4heardhearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 saidadvcl
5wherewhereADVPronType=Rel7 wasadvmod
6ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 wasnsubj
7wasbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 heardccomp
8,,PUNCT_4 heardpunct
9sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 saidnsubj
10saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
11,,PUNCT_10 saidpunct
12“"PUNCT_15 riverpunct
13ButbutCCONJ_15 rivercc
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 riverdet
15riverriverNOUNNumber=Sing10 saidccomp
16,,PUNCT_20 getpunct
17howhowADVPronType=Int20 getadvmod
18cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin20 getaux
19IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs20 getnsubj
20getgetVERBVerbForm=Inf15 riverconj
21acrossacrossADP_23 rivercase
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 riverdet
23riverriverNOUNNumber=Sing20 getobl
24??PUNCT_20 getpunct
25”"PUNCT_20 getpunct
26totoADP_27 whichcase
27whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel29 repliedobl
28hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 repliednsubj
29repliedreplyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 getparataxis
30,,PUNCT_34 swimpunct
31“"PUNCT_34 swimpunct
32IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs34 swimnsubj
33cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin34 swimaux
34swimswimVERBVerbForm=Inf29 repliedccomp
35,,PUNCT_39 comepunct
36andandCCONJ_39 comecc
37whenwhenADVPronType=Int39 comeadvmod
38youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs39 comensubj
39comecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin34 swimconj
40totoADP_42 bankcase
41thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 bankdet
42bankbankNOUNNumber=Sing39 comeobl
43youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs44 getnsubj
44getgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin42 bankacl:relcl
45ononADP_47 backcase
46mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs47 backnmod:poss
47backbackNOUNNumber=Sing44 getobl
48andandCCONJ_51 takecc
49IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs51 takensubj
50willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin51 takeaux
51taketakeVERBVerbForm=Inf39 comeconj
52youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs51 takeobj
53acrossacrossADV_51 takeadvmod
54..PUNCT_15 riverpunct
55”"PUNCT_15 riverpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hearpastthe catvn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2bepastneighbourvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3say speech: askpastcatthe river ccompvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4get in a quotecancatthe rivervn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5reply speech: assertpastsonwhich oblvn say-37.7-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to which=Recipient clause=Topic
6swim in a quotecansonvn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7come in a quotepresentyouthe bankvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bank=Initial_Location
8get in a quotepresentyouthe bank not said heremy backvn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent bank=Theme on back=Source
9take in a quotefuturesonyouacross propertyvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Destination

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: «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, Project Gutenberg book 75089 (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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