Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 24
“When we separated yesterday, I at once entered the Emperor’s antechamber, and mingled with the nobles and officials who were awaiting an audience with His Majesty, and amongst the others I soon noticed the Prime Minister.
Who acts: we, officials, Thieves · What happens: separate, enter, mingle, await, notice · To what, where: antechamber, audience, Prime Minister
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 (we, officials, Thieves), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 separated | punct |
| 2 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 separated | advmod |
| 3 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 separated | nsubj |
| 4 | separated | separate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | yesterday | yesterday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 separated | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 separated | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 separated | nsubj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 entered | case |
| 9 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 10 entered | advmod |
| 10 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 separated | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Emperor | det |
| 12 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 antechamber | nmod:poss |
| 13 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 12 Emperor | case |
| 14 | antechamber | antechamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 entered | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 mingled | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 mingled | cc |
| 17 | mingled | mingle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 separated | conj |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 nobles | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 nobles | det |
| 20 | nobles | noble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 mingled | obl |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 officials | cc |
| 22 | officials | official | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 nobles | conj |
| 23 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 awaiting | nsubj |
| 24 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 awaiting | aux |
| 25 | awaiting | await | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 officials | acl:relcl |
| 26 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 audience | det |
| 27 | audience | audience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 awaiting | obj |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 Majesty | case |
| 29 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 Majesty | nmod:poss |
| 30 | Majesty | Majesty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 awaiting | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 noticed | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 noticed | cc |
| 33 | amongst | amongst | ADP | _ | 35 others | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 others | det |
| 35 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 noticed | obl |
| 36 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 noticed | nsubj |
| 37 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 38 noticed | advmod |
| 38 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 mingled | conj |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 Minister | det |
| 40 | Prime | Prime | PROPN | _ | 41 Minister | compound |
| 41 | Minister | Minister | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 noticed | obj |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 separated | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | separate in a quote | past | we | yesterday | I nsubj | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||
| 2 | enter in a quote | past | we not said here | the Emperor's antechamber | once property | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme antechamber=Destination | |||
| 3 | mingle in a quote | past | we not said here | with the nobles and officials | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with noble=Co-Patient | ||||
| 4 | await in a quote | past · progressive | officials | a audience | with line's Majesty | tree rules | |||
| 5 | notice in a quote | past | Thieves = thief | the Prime Minister | amongst the others; soon property | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer minister=Stimulus |
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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