Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Makhdum Niamat Ullah and Makhdum Nuh., sentence 77
The only beast she would bestride was a lion and every evening outside Nerankot she might have been seen riding a splendid maned lion, who, when bridled by her, was as docile as the meekest ambling palfrey, to the touch of her finger on the reins.
Who acts: daughter, only beast · What happens: bestride, be, see, ride, bridle, amble · To what, where: only beast, lion, daughter, splendid maned lion, finger, reins
This is a sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Makhdum Niamat Ullah and Makhdum Nuh.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (daughter, only beast), 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 | 3 beast | det |
| 2 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 beast | amod |
| 3 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lion | nsubj |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 bestride | nsubj |
| 5 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 bestride | aux |
| 6 | bestride | bestride | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 beast | acl:relcl |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 lion | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 lion | det |
| 9 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 evening | cc |
| 11 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 evening | det |
| 12 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lion | conj |
| 13 | outside | outside | ADP | _ | 14 Nerankot | case |
| 14 | Nerankot | Nerankot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 evening | nmod |
| 15 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 seen | nsubj |
| 16 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 seen | aux |
| 17 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 19 seen | aux |
| 18 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 seen | aux:pass |
| 19 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 lion | acl:relcl |
| 20 | riding | ride | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 19 seen | xcomp |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 lion | det |
| 22 | splendid | splendid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 lion | amod |
| 23 | maned | maned | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 lion | amod |
| 24 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 riding | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 bridled | punct |
| 26 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 bridled | nsubj:pass |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 bridled | punct |
| 28 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 29 bridled | advmod |
| 29 | bridled | bridle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 lion | conj |
| 30 | by | by | ADP | _ | 31 her | case |
| 31 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 bridled | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 docile | punct |
| 33 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 docile | cop |
| 34 | as | as | ADV | _ | 35 docile | advmod |
| 35 | docile | docile | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 lion | conj |
| 36 | as | as | ADP | _ | 40 palfrey | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 palfrey | det |
| 38 | meekest | meek | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 40 palfrey | amod |
| 39 | ambling | amble | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 40 palfrey | amod |
| 40 | palfrey | palfrey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 docile | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 touch | punct |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 touch | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 touch | det |
| 44 | touch | touch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 docile | parataxis |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 finger | case |
| 46 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 finger | nmod:poss |
| 47 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 touch | nmod |
| 48 | on | on | ADP | _ | 50 reins | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 reins | det |
| 50 | reins | rein | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 touch | nmod |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 lion | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bestride | would | daughter | the only beast not said here | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme beast=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | the only beast | a lion and every evening outside Nerankot | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | see | might · perfect · passive | daughter | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | ride | gerund | daughter not said here | a splendid maned lion | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Theme | ||||
| 5 | bridle | participle · passive | daughter | a splendid maned lion | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Destination | ||||
| 6 | is | past | the only beast not said here | as the meekest ambling palfrey; the touch of daughter's finger on the reins parataxis; docile property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | amble | gerund | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 8 | touch | daughter's finger | the reins | nom touch «event transitive»: of=patient on=place |
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 of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Project Gutenberg book 76982 (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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