The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 21, sentence 53

Now he, forgetful of the dead man’s warning, played with the dice given him by Rajah Sarkap, besides which, Sarkap let loose his famous rat, Dhol Rajah, and it ran about the board, upsetting the chaupur pieces on the sly, so that Rasalu lost the first game, and gave up his shining armor.

Who acts: dice, Sarkap, rat, Rasalu, dead man · What happens: play, give, let, lose, run, upset · To what, where: Rajah, famous rat, chaupur pieces, sly, first game, shining armor

This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dice, Sarkap, rat, Rasalu), 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	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 he	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 played	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 forgetful	punct
4	forgetful	forgetful	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 he	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	10 warning	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 warning	nmod:poss
9	’s	's	PART	_	8 man	case
10	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forgetful	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 played	punct
12	played	play	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 dice	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 dice	det
15	dice	dice	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 played	obl
16	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 dice	acl
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 given	obj
18	by	by	ADP	_	19 Rajah	case
19	Rajah	Rajah	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 given	obl
20	Sarkap	Sarkap	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Rajah	flat
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 let	punct
22	besides	besides	ADP	_	23 which	case
23	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	26 let	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 let	punct
25	Sarkap	Sarkap	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 let	nsubj
26	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 played	parataxis
27	loose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 let	xcomp
28	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 rat	nmod:poss
29	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 rat	amod
30	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 loose	obj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 Dhol	punct
32	Dhol	Dhol	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 loose	parataxis
33	Rajah	Rajah	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 Dhol	flat
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 ran	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 ran	cc
36	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 ran	nsubj
37	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 let	conj
38	about	about	ADP	_	40 board	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 board	det
40	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 ran	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 upsetting	punct
42	upsetting	upset	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	37 ran	advcl
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 pieces	det
44	chaupur	chaupur	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 pieces	compound
45	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 upsetting	obj
46	on	on	ADP	_	48 sly	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 sly	det
48	sly	sly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 pieces	nmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 lost	punct
50	so	so	SCONJ	_	53 lost	mark
51	that	that	SCONJ	_	53 lost	mark
52	Rasalu	Rasalu	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 lost	nsubj
53	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 upsetting	conj
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 game	det
55	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	56 game	amod
56	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 lost	obj
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 gave	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 gave	cc
59	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 played	conj
60	up	up	ADP	_	59 gave	compound:prt
61	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 armor	nmod:poss
62	shining	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	63 armor	amod
63	armor	armor	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 gave	obj
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 played	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	play	participle · passive		Rajah		with the dice	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: subject=Theme with dice=Co-Agent
2	give	participle	the dice not said here	Rajah		by Rajah	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	let	past	Sarkap			which obl	tree rules
4	lose	infinitive	Sarkap not said here	Rajah's famous rat		Dhol parataxis	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Eventuality
5	run	past	rat			about the board	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about board=Trajectory
6	upset	gerund	rat not said here	the chaupur pieces	the sly		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus piece=Experiencer
7	lose	past	Rasalu	the first game			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality
8	give up	past		Rajah's shining armor			vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent armor=Source
9	shine	gerund					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	warn		the dead man				nom warning «communication 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: «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 21, sentence 53