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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 34

“When we parted yesterday,” said he, “I entered the palace, and after wandering about for some time I found myself in the chamber where the Emperor’s dinner was being prepared, and where all the chief officials of the palace were assembled to superintend the arrangements for the royal meal.

Who acts: we, Emperor, dinner · What happens: part, say, enter, wonder, find, be · To what, where: palace, Emperor, chamber, chief officials, arrangements · Speech: someone speaks here

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, Emperor, dinner), 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

punctadvmodnsubjadvclobl:unmarkedpunctpunctnsubjpunctpunctnsubjconjdetobjpunctccmarkadvcladvmodcasedetoblnsubjacl:relclobjcasedetobladvmoddetnmod:posscasensubjcopcopacl:relclpunctccadvmoddet:predetdetamodnsubj:passcasedetnmodaux:passconjmarkadvcldetobjcasedetamodoblpunctroot“PUNCTWhenADVwePRONpartedVERByesterdayNOUN,PUNCT”PUNCTsaidVERBhePRON,PUNCT“PUNCTIPRONenteredVERBtheDETpalaceNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJafterSCONJwanderingVERBaboutADVforADPsomeDETtimeNOUNIPRONfoundVERBmyselfPRONinADPtheDETchamberNOUNwhereADVtheDETEmperorPROPN’sPARTdinnerNOUNwasAUXbeingAUXpreparedADJ,PUNCTandCCONJwhereADVallDETtheDETchiefADJofficialsNOUNofADPtheDETpalaceNOUNwereAUXassembledVERBtoPARTsuperintendVERBtheDETarrangementsNOUNforADPtheDETroyalADJmealNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1“"PUNCT_8 saidpunct
2WhenwhenADVPronType=Int4 partedadvmod
3wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs4 partednsubj
4partedpartVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 saidadvcl
5yesterdayyesterdayNOUNNumber=Sing4 partedobl:unmarked
6,,PUNCT_4 partedpunct
7”"PUNCT_4 partedpunct
8saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 saidnsubj
10,,PUNCT_13 enteredpunct
11“"PUNCT_13 enteredpunct
12IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs13 enterednsubj
13enteredenterVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 saidconj
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 palacedet
15palacepalaceNOUNNumber=Sing13 enteredobj
16,,PUNCT_19 wanderingpunct
17andandCCONJ_19 wanderingcc
18afterafterSCONJ_19 wanderingmark
19wanderingwonderVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part13 enteredadvcl
20aboutaboutADV_19 wanderingadvmod
21forforADP_23 timecase
22somesomeDETPronType=Ind23 timedet
23timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing19 wanderingobl
24IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs25 foundnsubj
25foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 timeacl:relcl
26myselfmyselfPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes25 foundobj
27ininADP_29 chambercase
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 chamberdet
29chamberchamberNOUNNumber=Sing25 foundobl
30wherewhereADVPronType=Rel37 preparedadvmod
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 Emperordet
32EmperorEmperorPROPNNumber=Sing34 dinnernmod:poss
33’s'sPART_32 Emperorcase
34dinnerdinnerNOUNNumber=Sing37 preparednsubj
35wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin37 preparedcop
36beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part37 preparedcop
37preparedpreparedADJDegree=Pos29 chamberacl:relcl
38,,PUNCT_49 assembledpunct
39andandCCONJ_49 assembledcc
40wherewhereADVPronType=Rel49 assembledadvmod
41allallDETPronType=Tot44 officialsdet:predet
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 officialsdet
43chiefchiefADJDegree=Pos44 officialsamod
44officialsofficialNOUNNumber=Plur49 assemblednsubj:pass
45ofofADP_47 palacecase
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art47 palacedet
47palacepalaceNOUNNumber=Sing44 officialsnmod
48werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin49 assembledaux:pass
49assembledassembleVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass8 saidconj
50totoPART_51 superintendmark
51superintendsuperintendVERBVerbForm=Inf49 assembledadvcl
52thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art53 arrangementsdet
53arrangementsarrangementNOUNNumber=Plur51 superintendobj
54forforADP_57 mealcase
55thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art57 mealdet
56royalroyalADJDegree=Pos57 mealamod
57mealmealNOUNNumber=Sing51 superintendobl
58..PUNCT_8 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1part in a quotepastweyesterdayvn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2say speech: assertpastEmperorvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3enter in a quotepastEmperorthe palacevn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Destination
4wonder speech: ask in a quotegerundEmperor not said heretimeabout propertyvn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5find in a quotepastEmperorEmperorthe chambervn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Topic
6is in a quotepastthe Emperor's dinnerprepared propertytree rules
7assemble in a quotepast · passiveall chief officials of the palacevn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
8superintend in a quoteto-infinitivethe arrangementsfor the royal mealvn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent arrangement=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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