Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 22
Now here they are in my wallet, and when the loss is discovered presently, as it is sure to be, and a reward offered for their discovery, I propose to present them to the Emperor.”
Who acts: obstacles, it, I · What happens: be, discover, offer, propose, present · To what, where: wallet, loss, reward, obstacles, Emperor
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 (obstacles, it, I), 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 here | advmod |
| 2 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 wallet | advmod |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 wallet | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 wallet | cop |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 wallet | case |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 wallet | nmod:poss |
| 7 | wallet | wallet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 discovered | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 discovered | cc |
| 10 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 14 discovered | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 loss | det |
| 12 | loss | loss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 discovered | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 discovered | aux:pass |
| 14 | discovered | discover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 wallet | parataxis |
| 15 | presently | presently | ADV | _ | 14 discovered | advmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 sure | punct |
| 17 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 20 sure | mark |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 sure | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 sure | cop |
| 20 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 discovered | conj |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 be | mark |
| 22 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 sure | xcomp |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 reward | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 reward | cc |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 reward | det |
| 26 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wallet | conj |
| 27 | offered | offer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 reward | acl |
| 28 | for | for | ADP | _ | 30 discovery | case |
| 29 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 discovery | nmod:poss |
| 30 | discovery | discovery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 offered | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 propose | punct |
| 32 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 propose | nsubj |
| 33 | propose | propose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 wallet | parataxis |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 present | mark |
| 35 | present | present | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 propose | ccomp |
| 36 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 present | obj |
| 37 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 Emperor | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Emperor | det |
| 39 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 present | obl |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 wallet | punct |
| 41 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 wallet | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | obstacles = obstacle | my wallet and a reward; here | now | my nmod:poss; a reward conj | tree rules | ||
| 2 | discover | present · passive | the loss | presently property | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 3 | is | present | it | sure property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | be | to-infinitive | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 5 | offer | participle | a reward not said here | for obstacles's discovery goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for discovery=Goal | ||||
| 6 | propose | present | I | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 7 | present | to-infinitive | I not said here | obstacles = obstacle | the Emperor | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to emperor=Recipient | |||
| 8 | discover | obstacles = obstacle | nom discovery «act 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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