Folk tales from Tibet, The Mouse’s Three Children., sentence 43
And when the King was told what was happening he was greatly alarmed himself, but he seated himself on his throne, and gave orders for the Boy and the Tigers to be admitted.
Who acts: King · What happens: tell, happen, alarm, seat, give, admit · To what, where: King, throne, orders · 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 (King), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 told | cc |
| 2 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 6 told | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 told | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 told | aux:pass |
| 6 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 happening | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 happening | aux |
| 9 | happening | happen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 told | ccomp |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 alarmed | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 alarmed | aux:pass |
| 12 | greatly | greatly | ADV | _ | 13 alarmed | advmod |
| 13 | alarmed | alarm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 happening | obl |
| 14 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 13 alarmed | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 seated | punct |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 18 seated | cc |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 seated | nsubj |
| 18 | seated | seat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 told | parataxis |
| 19 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 18 seated | obj |
| 20 | on | on | ADP | _ | 22 throne | case |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 throne | nmod:poss |
| 22 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 seated | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 gave | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 gave | cc |
| 25 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 seated | conj |
| 26 | orders | order | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 gave | obj |
| 27 | for | for | ADP | _ | 29 Boy | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Boy | det |
| 29 | Boy | Boy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 orders | nmod |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 Tigers | cc |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 Tigers | det |
| 32 | Tigers | Tiger | PROPN | Number=Plur | 29 Boy | conj |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 admitted | mark |
| 34 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 35 admitted | aux:pass |
| 35 | admitted | admit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 gave | advcl |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 told | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past · passive | the King | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | happen | past · progressive | what nsubj | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | alarm | past · passive | King | greatly property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer himself=Result | ||||
| 4 | seat | past | King | King | King's throne | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location himself=Value | |||
| 5 | give | past | King not said here | orders | for the Boy and the Tigers | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent order=Theme for boy=Asset | |||
| 6 | admit speech: other | to-infinitive · passive | King not said here | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S» |
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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