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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 62

And so saying he produced a plate from his wallet, and laid upon it the various viands which had been cooked for the Emperor’s dinner the previous day.

Who acts: gift · What happens: say, produce, lay, cook · To what, where: plate, wallet, various viands · 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 (gift), 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

ccadvmodadvclnsubjdetobjcasenmod:possoblpunctccconjcaseobldetamodobjnsubj:passauxaux:passacl:relclcasedetnmod:posscaseobldetamodobl:unmarkedpunctrootAndCCONJsoADVsayingVERBhePRONproducedVERBaDETplateNOUNfromADPhisPRONwalletNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJlaidVERBuponADPitPRONtheDETvariousADJviandsNOUNwhichPRONhadAUXbeenAUXcookedVERBforADPtheDETEmperorPROPN’sPARTdinnerNOUNtheDETpreviousADJdayNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_5 producedcc
2sosoADV_3 sayingadvmod
3sayingsayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 producedadvcl
4hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 producednsubj
5producedproduceVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 platedet
7plateplateNOUNNumber=Sing5 producedobj
8fromfromADP_10 walletcase
9hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 walletnmod:poss
10walletwalletNOUNNumber=Sing5 producedobl
11,,PUNCT_13 laidpunct
12andandCCONJ_13 laidcc
13laidlayVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 producedconj
14uponuponADP_15 itcase
15ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 laidobl
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 viandsdet
17variousvariousADJDegree=Pos18 viandsamod
18viandsviandNOUNNumber=Plur13 laidobj
19whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel22 cookednsubj:pass
20hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 cookedaux
21beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part22 cookedaux:pass
22cookedcookVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass18 viandsacl:relcl
23forforADP_27 dinnercase
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 Emperordet
25EmperorEmperorPROPNNumber=Sing27 dinnernmod:poss
26’s'sPART_25 Emperorcase
27dinnerdinnerNOUNNumber=Sing22 cookedobl
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 daydet
29previouspreviousADJDegree=Pos30 dayamod
30daydayNOUNNumber=Sing22 cookedobl:unmarked
31..PUNCT_5 producedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertgerundgift not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2producepastgifta plategift's walletvn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent plate=Result from wallet=Material
3layparticiplegift not said herethe various viandsplatevn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent viand=Theme upon it=Destination
4cookpast · perfect · passivethe various viandsdayfor the Emperor's dinnervn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for dinner=Beneficiary

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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