Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Kutteji Kabar and Mausum Shah., sentence 25
But the hillman who knew nothing of the dog’s conduct and did not notice the letter round its neck, thought that it had disgraced him by running away from his creditor before he had paid his debt.
Who acts: hillman, dog · What happens: know, not notice, think, disgrace, run away, pay · To what, where: nothing, letter, dog, creditor, hillman · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Kutteji Kabar and Mausum Shah.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hillman, dog), 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 | _ | 22 thought | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 hillman | det |
| 3 | hillman | hillman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 knew | nsubj |
| 5 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hillman | acl:relcl |
| 6 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 knew | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 conduct | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dog | det |
| 9 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 conduct | nmod:poss |
| 10 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 9 dog | case |
| 11 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 nothing | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 notice | cc |
| 13 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 notice | aux |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 notice | advmod |
| 15 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 knew | conj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 letter | det |
| 17 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 notice | obj |
| 18 | round | round | ADP | _ | 20 neck | case |
| 19 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 neck | nmod:poss |
| 20 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 letter | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 hillman | punct |
| 22 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 disgraced | mark |
| 24 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 disgraced | nsubj:pass |
| 25 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 disgraced | aux |
| 26 | disgraced | disgrace | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 thought | ccomp |
| 27 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 disgraced | obj |
| 28 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 29 running | mark |
| 29 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 26 disgraced | advcl |
| 30 | away | away | ADV | _ | 29 running | advmod |
| 31 | from | from | ADP | _ | 33 creditor | case |
| 32 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 creditor | nmod:poss |
| 33 | creditor | creditor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 running | obl |
| 34 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 37 paid | mark |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 paid | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 paid | aux |
| 37 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 disgraced | advcl |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 debt | nmod:poss |
| 39 | debt | debt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 paid | obj |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 thought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | the hillman | nothing of the dog's conduct | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not notice | past · do-support | the hillman not said here | the letter | round dog's neck | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer letter=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | think speech: other | past | the hillman | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | disgrace | past · perfect · passive | dog | hillman obj | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer he=Result | ||||
| 5 | run away | gerund | hillman's creditor | away property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from creditor=Trajectory | ||||
| 6 | pay | past · perfect · passive | hillman | hillman's debt obj | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Recipient debt=Asset | ||||
| 7 | conduct | the dog | nom conduct «act transitive»: 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 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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