Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 37
The Chief Cook and the Chief Chamberlain placed themselves in front of the Emperor, in order to see that the service of his food was properly conducted, whilst the other high officials took their stand on either side of his chair and assisted in bringing in the dishes.
Who acts: Chief Cook, other high officials · What happens: place, see, conduct, take, assist, bring · To what, where: Cook, front, service, stand, side, dishes · 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 (Chief Cook, other high officials), 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 | 3 Cook | det |
| 2 | Chief | Chief | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Cook | compound |
| 3 | Cook | Cook | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 placed | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 Chief | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Chief | det |
| 6 | Chief | Chief | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Cook | conj |
| 7 | Chamberlain | Chamberlain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Chief | flat |
| 8 | placed | place | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 8 placed | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 front | case |
| 11 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 placed | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Emperor | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Emperor | det |
| 14 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 front | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 see | punct |
| 16 | in | in | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 19 see | mark |
| 17 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 in | fixed |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 see | mark |
| 19 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 placed | conj |
| 20 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 conducted | mark |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 service | det |
| 22 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 conducted | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 food | case |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 food | nmod:poss |
| 25 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 service | nmod |
| 26 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 conducted | aux:pass |
| 27 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 28 conducted | advmod |
| 28 | conducted | conduct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 see | ccomp |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 took | punct |
| 30 | whilst | whilst | SCONJ | _ | 35 took | mark |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 officials | det |
| 32 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 officials | amod |
| 33 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 officials | amod |
| 34 | officials | official | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 took | nsubj |
| 35 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 conducted | conj |
| 36 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 stand | nmod:poss |
| 37 | stand | stand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 took | obj |
| 38 | on | on | ADP | _ | 40 side | case |
| 39 | either | either | DET | PronType=Ind | 40 side | det |
| 40 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 took | obl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 chair | case |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 chair | nmod:poss |
| 43 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 side | nmod |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 assisted | cc |
| 45 | assisted | assist | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 conducted | conj |
| 46 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 47 bringing | mark |
| 47 | bringing | bring | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 45 assisted | advcl |
| 48 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 dishes | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 dishes | det |
| 50 | dishes | dish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 bringing | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 placed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | place | past | the Chief Cook and the Chief | Cook | front of the Emperor | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme in front=Destination | |||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | the Chief Cook and the Chief not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | conduct | past · passive | the service of Emperor's food | properly property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 4 | take | past | the other high officials | officials's stand | either side of Emperor's chair | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stand=Theme on side=Destination | |||
| 5 | assist | participle | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | bring | gerund | the dishes | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | service | Emperor's food | nom service «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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