The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 18, sentence 79

But soon he was not content just to rule over his own kind, whom he began to despise, so he declared himself king of the lions and tigers, from among whom he selected his special attendants, keeping his own kindred at a distance, as though he were ashamed of them.

Who acts: JACKAL · What happens: not be, rule, begin, despise, declare, select · To what, where: own kind, JACKAL, special attendants, own kindred

This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (JACKAL), 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	_	6 content	cc
2	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 content	advmod
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 content	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 content	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 content	advmod
6	content	content	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	just	just	ADV	_	9 rule	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 rule	mark
9	rule	rule	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 content	advcl
10	over	over	ADP	_	13 kind	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 kind	nmod:poss
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 kind	amod
13	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rule	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 whom	punct
15	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 kind	nmod
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 began	nsubj
17	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 whom	acl:relcl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 despise	mark
19	despise	despise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 began	xcomp
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 declared	punct
21	so	so	ADV	_	23 declared	advmod
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 declared	nsubj
23	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 content	parataxis
24	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	23 declared	obj
25	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 declared	obj
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 lions	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 lions	det
28	lions	lion	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 king	nmod
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 tigers	cc
30	tigers	tiger	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 lions	conj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 selected	punct
32	from	from	ADP	_	34 whom	case
33	among	among	ADP	_	34 whom	case
34	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	36 selected	obl
35	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 selected	nsubj
36	selected	select	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 declared	conj
37	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 attendants	nmod:poss
38	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 attendants	amod
39	attendants	attendant	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 selected	obj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 keeping	punct
41	keeping	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	36 selected	ccomp
42	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 kindred	nmod:poss
43	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 kindred	amod
44	kindred	kindred	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 keeping	obj
45	at	at	ADP	_	47 distance	case
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 distance	det
47	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 keeping	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 ashamed	punct
49	as	as	SCONJ	_	53 ashamed	mark
50	though	though	SCONJ	_	53 ashamed	mark
51	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 ashamed	nsubj
52	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 ashamed	cop
53	ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 keeping	conj
54	of	of	ADP	_	55 them	case
55	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 ashamed	obl
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 content	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not is	past	JACKAL			content, soon property	tree rules
2	rule	to-infinitive	JACKAL not said here		JACKAL's own kind		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	begin	past	JACKAL				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	despise	to-infinitive	JACKAL not said here				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
5	declare speech: other	past	JACKAL	JACKAL		king of the lions and tigers obj	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Theme king=Attribute
6	select	past	JACKAL	JACKAL's special attendants		whom obl	tree rules
7	keep	gerund	JACKAL not said here	JACKAL's own kindred		at a distance	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent kindred=Theme at distance=Location
8	is	past	JACKAL			of attendants = attendant; ashamed property	tree rules

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: «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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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The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 18, sentence 79