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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 36

I mingled with the servants, who were standing about, without attracting any attention, and remained in the room until the Emperor himself entered and seated himself with great ceremony to partake of his mid-day meal.

Who acts: I, Emperor · What happens: mingle, stand, attract, remain, enter, seat · To what, where: attention, room, 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 (I, Emperor), 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

nsubjcasedetoblpunctnsubjauxadvcladvmodpunctmarkconjdetobjpunctccparataxiscasedetoblmarkdetnsubjnmodadvclccconjobjcaseamodoblmarkaclcasenmod:posscompoundoblpunctrootIPRONmingledVERBwithADPtheDETservantsNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONwereAUXstandingVERBaboutADV,PUNCTwithoutSCONJattractingVERBanyDETattentionNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJremainedVERBinADPtheDETroomNOUNuntilSCONJtheDETEmperorPROPNhimselfPRONenteredVERBandCCONJseatedVERBhimselfPRONwithADPgreatADJceremonyNOUNtoPARTpartakeVERBofADPhisPRONmid-dayNOUNmealNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs2 minglednsubj
2mingledmingleVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3withwithADP_5 servantscase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 servantsdet
5servantsservantNOUNNumber=Plur2 mingledobl
6,,PUNCT_9 standingpunct
7whowhoPRONPronType=Rel9 standingnsubj
8werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 standingaux
9standingstandVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 mingledadvcl
10aboutaboutADV_9 standingadvmod
11,,PUNCT_13 attractingpunct
12withoutwithoutSCONJ_13 attractingmark
13attractingattractVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part9 standingconj
14anyanyDETPronType=Ind15 attentiondet
15attentionattentionNOUNNumber=Sing13 attractingobj
16,,PUNCT_18 remainedpunct
17andandCCONJ_18 remainedcc
18remainedremainVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 mingledparataxis
19ininADP_21 roomcase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 roomdet
21roomroomNOUNNumber=Sing18 remainedobl
22untiluntilSCONJ_26 enteredmark
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 Emperordet
24EmperorEmperorPROPNNumber=Sing26 enterednsubj
25himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes24 Emperornmod
26enteredenterVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 remainedadvcl
27andandCCONJ_28 seatedcc
28seatedseatVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin26 enteredconj
29himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes28 seatedobj
30withwithADP_32 ceremonycase
31greatgreatADJDegree=Pos32 ceremonyamod
32ceremonyceremonyNOUNNumber=Sing28 seatedobl
33totoPART_34 partakemark
34partakepartakeVERBVerbForm=Inf32 ceremonyacl
35ofofADP_38 mealcase
36hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs38 mealnmod:poss
37mid-daymid-dayNOUNNumber=Sing38 mealcompound
38mealmealNOUNNumber=Sing34 partakeobl
39..PUNCT_2 mingledpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1minglepastIwith the servantsvn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent with servant=Co-Patient
2standpast · progressivewho nsubj; about propertyvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3attractgerundany attentionvn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Patient
4remainparticiplethe roomvn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location
5enterpastthe Emperor Emperorvn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6seatpastthe Emperor Emperor not said hereEmperorwith great ceremonyvn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location himself=Value
7partaketo-infinitivethe Emperor Emperor not said hereof Emperor's mid-day mealtree rules

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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