Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 3

The first was so clever that he was able to withdraw eggs from under a sitting hen without in any way disturbing her, and without her being aware that the theft had been accomplished.

Who acts: first, profession, way, China · What happens: be, withdraw, sit, disturb, accomplish · To what, where: eggs, China, theft

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 (first, profession, way, China), 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	2 first	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 clever	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 clever	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 clever	advmod
5	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 able	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 able	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 able	cop
9	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 clever	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 withdraw	mark
11	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 able	xcomp
12	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 withdraw	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	17 hen	case
14	under	under	ADP	_	17 hen	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 hen	det
16	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 hen	amod
17	hen	hen	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 withdraw	obl
18	without	without	ADP	_	21 way	case
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 way	case
20	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	21 way	det
21	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 withdraw	obl
22	disturbing	disturb	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	21 way	acl
23	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 disturbing	obj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 aware	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 aware	cc
26	without	without	SCONJ	_	29 aware	mark
27	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 aware	nsubj
28	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	29 aware	cop
29	aware	aware	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 clever	conj
30	that	that	SCONJ	_	35 accomplished	mark
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 theft	det
32	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 accomplished	nsubj:pass
33	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 accomplished	aux
34	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	35 accomplished	aux:pass
35	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	29 aware	advcl
36	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 clever	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	the first		clever property	tree rules
2	is	past	profession		able property	tree rules
3	withdraw	to-infinitive	profession not said here	eggs	from a sitting hen; without any way	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme from hen=Initial_Location
4	sit	gerund				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	disturb	gerund	any way not said here	China		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer
6	is	gerund	China		aware property	tree rules
7	accomplish	past · perfect · passive		the theft		vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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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🌲 Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 3

The tree

Pragmatics

Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 3