Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, The Eighth Key., sentence 99
But as he related how the parrot had warned him about the demon horse, his feet and legs turned to marble; then as he told about the poisoned plate, his body as far as his armpits turned to marble; lastly when he had finished the tale of the poison dropped by the snake, his head and shoulders became marble, too.
Who acts: minister, armpits, lastly, poison · What happens: relate, warn, turn, tell, poison, marble · To what, where: parrot, minister, feet, marble, tale, poison · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, The Eighth Key.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (minister, armpits, lastly, poison), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 related | cc |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 related | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 related | nsubj |
| 4 | related | relate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 warned | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 parrot | det |
| 7 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 warned | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 warned | aux |
| 9 | warned | warn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 related | advcl |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 warned | obj |
| 11 | about | about | ADP | _ | 14 horse | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 horse | det |
| 13 | demon | demon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 horse | compound |
| 14 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 warned | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 feet | punct |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 feet | nmod:poss |
| 17 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 warned | conj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 legs | cc |
| 19 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 feet | conj |
| 20 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 feet | acl |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 marble | case |
| 22 | marble | marble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 turned | obl |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 told | punct |
| 24 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 27 told | advmod |
| 25 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 27 told | mark |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 told | nsubj |
| 27 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 related | conj |
| 28 | about | about | ADP | _ | 31 plate | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 plate | det |
| 30 | poisoned | poison | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 plate | amod |
| 31 | plate | plate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 told | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 body | punct |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 body | nmod:poss |
| 34 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 plate | conj |
| 35 | as | as | ADV | _ | 36 far | advmod |
| 36 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 40 turned | advmod |
| 37 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 40 turned | mark |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 armpits | nmod:poss |
| 39 | armpits | armpit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 turned | nsubj |
| 40 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 told | advcl |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 marble | mark |
| 42 | marble | marble | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 turned | xcomp |
| 43 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 44 lastly | punct |
| 44 | lastly | lastly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 63 became | nsubj |
| 45 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 48 finished | advmod |
| 46 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 finished | nsubj |
| 47 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 finished | aux |
| 48 | finished | finish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 44 lastly | advcl |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 tale | det |
| 50 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 finished | obj |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 poison | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 poison | det |
| 53 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 tale | nmod |
| 54 | dropped | drop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 53 poison | acl |
| 55 | by | by | ADP | _ | 57 snake | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 snake | det |
| 57 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 dropped | obl |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 head | punct |
| 59 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 head | nmod:poss |
| 60 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 tale | appos |
| 61 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 shoulders | cc |
| 62 | shoulders | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 head | conj |
| 63 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 told | ccomp |
| 64 | marble | marble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 63 became | xcomp |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 marble | punct |
| 66 | too | too | ADV | _ | 63 became | advmod |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 related | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | relate | past | minister | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | warn speech: warn | past · perfect · passive | the parrot | minister | about the demon horse; minister's feet and legs conj | tree rules | |||
| 3 | turn | participle | minister's feet and legs not said here | marble | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to marble=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | tell speech: assert | past | minister | then | about the poisoned plate and minister's body | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||
| 5 | poison | participle | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | turn | past | minister's armpits | far property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | marble | to-infinitive | minister's armpits not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | finish | past · perfect | minister | the tale of the poison | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector tale=Eventuality | ||||
| 9 | drop | participle | the poison not said here | by the snake | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by snake=Trajectory | ||||
| 10 | become | past | lastly | marble property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 11 | tell | the poison | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=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 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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