Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 46
The other two Thieves, on hearing this story, congratulated their comrade warmly upon his daring and success, and the three entered the Emperor’s antechamber together, and awaited the time for public audience.
Who acts: other two Thieves, three, Emperor · What happens: hear, congratulate, enter, await, dare · To what, where: story, comrade, antechamber
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 (other two Thieves, three, 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Thieves | det |
| 2 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Thieves | amod |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 Thieves | nummod |
| 4 | Thieves | thief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 congratulated | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 hearing | punct |
| 6 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 7 hearing | mark |
| 7 | hearing | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 Thieves | acl |
| 8 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 story | det |
| 9 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hearing | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Thieves | punct |
| 11 | congratulated | congratulate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 comrade | nmod:poss |
| 13 | comrade | comrade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 congratulated | obj |
| 14 | warmly | warmly | ADV | _ | 11 congratulated | advmod |
| 15 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 17 daring | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 daring | nmod:poss |
| 17 | daring | daring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 congratulated | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 success | cc |
| 19 | success | success | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 daring | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 entered | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 entered | cc |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 three | det |
| 23 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 24 entered | nsubj |
| 24 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 congratulated | conj |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Emperor | det |
| 26 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 antechamber | nmod:poss |
| 27 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 26 Emperor | case |
| 28 | antechamber | antechamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 entered | obj |
| 29 | together | together | ADV | _ | 24 entered | advmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 awaited | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 awaited | cc |
| 32 | awaited | await | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 congratulated | conj |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 time | det |
| 34 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 awaited | obj |
| 35 | for | for | ADP | _ | 37 audience | case |
| 36 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 audience | amod |
| 37 | audience | audience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 awaited | obl |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 congratulated | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | gerund | the other two Thieves not said here | this story | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | congratulate | past | the other two Thieves | Thieves's comrade | upon Emperor's daring and success; warmly property | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comrade=Theme | |||
| 3 | enter | past | the three | the Emperor's antechamber | together property | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme antechamber=Destination | |||
| 4 | await | past | the other two Thieves not said here | time | for public audience | tree rules | |||
| 5 | dare | Emperor | nom daring «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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