Folk tales from Tibet, The Mouse’s Three Children., sentence 11

But if at any time you should require my assistance, all you have to do is to go to the top of that hill over there, and to throw a handful of my feathers into the air, and call my name three times.”

Who acts: you, assistance, my · What happens: require, have, do, be, throw, call · To what, where: handful, air, name · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Mouse’s Three Children.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, assistance, my), 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	_	8 require	cc
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 require	mark
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 time	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 require	obl
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 require	nsubj
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 require	aux
8	require	require	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 assistance	nmod:poss
10	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 go	nsubj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 all	punct
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 assistance	nmod
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 have	nsubj
14	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 all	acl:relcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 do	mark
16	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 have	xcomp
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 go	cop
18	to	to	PART	_	19 go	mark
19	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 require	ccomp
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 top	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 top	det
22	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 go	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 hill	case
24	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	25 hill	det
25	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 top	nmod
26	over	over	ADV	_	27 there	advmod
27	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 go	advmod
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 throw	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 throw	cc
30	to	to	PART	_	31 throw	mark
31	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 require	conj
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 handful	det
33	handful	handful	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 throw	obj
34	of	of	ADP	_	36 feathers	case
35	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 feathers	nmod:poss
36	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 handful	nmod
37	into	into	ADP	_	39 air	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 air	det
39	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 throw	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 call	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 call	cc
42	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	31 throw	parataxis
43	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 name	nmod:poss
44	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 call	obj
45	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	46 times	nummod
46	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 call	obl:unmarked
47	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 require	punct
48	”	"	PUNCT	_	8 require	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	should	you			time		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
2	have	present	you					tree rules
3	do	to-infinitive	you not said here					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	my assistance all		there		to the top of that hill; go property	tree rules
5	throw	to-infinitive	you not said here	a handful of my feathers			into the air result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer handful=Theme into air=Result
6	call	infinitive		my name		time		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient
7	assist		my					nom assistance «act transitive»: poss=agent
8	name		my					nom name «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: «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Project Gutenberg book 75000 (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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🌲 Folk tales from Tibet, The Mouse’s Three Children., sentence 11

The tree

Pragmatics

Folk tales from Tibet, The Mouse’s Three Children., sentence 11