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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 16

On arriving at the court they consulted together and came to the conclusion that in order to make any headway in China it was necessary to attract the attention of the Emperor.

Who acts: Thieves, Emperor · What happens: arrive, consult, come, make, be, attract · To what, where: court, conclusion, headway, China, attention

This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Three Thieves.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Thieves, Emperor), 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

markadvclcasedetoblnsubjadvmodccconjcasedetoblmarkmarkfixedmarkadvcldetobjcaseoblexplcopconjmarkadvcldetobjcasedetnmodpunctrootOnSCONJarrivingVERBatADPtheDETcourtNOUNtheyPRONconsultedVERBtogetherADVandCCONJcameVERBtoADPtheDETconclusionNOUNthatSCONJinSCONJorderNOUNtoPARTmakeVERBanyDETheadwayNOUNinADPChinaPROPNitPRONwasAUXnecessaryADJtoPARTattractVERBtheDETattentionNOUNofADPtheDETEmperorPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnonSCONJ_2 arrivingmark
2arrivingarriveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part7 consultedadvcl
3atatADP_5 courtcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 courtdet
5courtcourtNOUNNumber=Sing2 arrivingobl
6theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs7 consultednsubj
7consultedconsultVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8togethertogetherADV_7 consultedadvmod
9andandCCONJ_10 camecc
10camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 consultedconj
11totoADP_13 conclusioncase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 conclusiondet
13conclusionconclusionNOUNNumber=Sing10 cameobl
14thatthatSCONJ_18 makemark
15ininSCONJExtPos=SCONJ18 makemark
16orderorderNOUNNumber=Sing15 infixed
17totoPART_18 makemark
18makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf10 cameadvcl
19anyanyDETPronType=Ind20 headwaydet
20headwayheadwayNOUNNumber=Sing18 makeobj
21ininADP_22 Chinacase
22ChinaChinaPROPNNumber=Sing18 makeobl
23ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 necessaryexpl
24wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 necessarycop
25necessarynecessaryADJDegree=Pos18 makeconj
26totoPART_27 attractmark
27attractattractVERBVerbForm=Inf25 necessaryadvcl
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 attentiondet
29attentionattentionNOUNNumber=Sing27 attractobj
30ofofADP_32 Emperorcase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 Emperordet
32EmperorEmperorPROPNNumber=Sing29 attentionnmod
33..PUNCT_7 consultedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1arrivegerundThieves = thief not said herethe courtvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2consultpastThieves = thieftogether propertyvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3comepastThieves = thief not said herethe conclusionvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to conclusion=Initial_Location
4maketo-infinitiveThieves = thief not said hereany headwayChinavn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset headway=Product
5ispastThieves = thief not said herenecessary propertytree rules
6attractto-infinitiveThieves = thief not said herethe attention of the Emperorvn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Patient
7attendthe Emperornom attention «cognition intransitive»: of=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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