Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 23
The other two Thieves applauded their comrade for his skill and ingenuity, and the second Thief then proceeded to relate his story as follows:
Who acts: other two Thieves, second Thief · What happens: applaud, proceed, relate, follow · To what, where: comrade, story
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 (other two Thieves, second Thief), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Thieves | det |
| 2 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Thieves | amod |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 Thieves | nummod |
| 4 | Thieves | thief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 applauded | nsubj |
| 5 | applauded | applaud | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 comrade | nmod:poss |
| 7 | comrade | comrade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 applauded | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 skill | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 skill | nmod:poss |
| 10 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 applauded | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 ingenuity | cc |
| 12 | ingenuity | ingenuity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 skill | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 proceeded | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 proceeded | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Thief | det |
| 16 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 17 Thief | amod |
| 17 | Thief | Thief | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 proceeded | nsubj |
| 18 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 19 proceeded | advmod |
| 19 | proceeded | proceed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 applauded | conj |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 relate | mark |
| 21 | relate | relate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 proceeded | xcomp |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 story | nmod:poss |
| 23 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 relate | obj |
| 24 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 25 follows | mark |
| 25 | follows | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 relate | advcl |
| 26 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 applauded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | applaud | past | the other two Thieves | Thieves's comrade | for line's skill and ingenuity | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer comrade=Stimulus for skill=Attribute | |||
| 2 | proceed | past | the second Thief | then | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | relate | to-infinitive | the second Thief not said here | line's story | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme | ||||
| 4 | follow | present | the second Thief not said here | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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