Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 65
“Although,” said he, “I am very pleased at finding such a satisfactory explanation for the disappearance of the eggs, the misdemeanour of my Prime Minister, and the insufficiency of my dinner, I cannot overlook the fact that you three men have behaved in a very unusual manner.
Who acts: Emperor, fact, eggs · What happens: say, be, find, not overlook, behave, disappear · To what, where: insufficiency, satisfactory explanation, fact, you, unusual manner · 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 (Emperor, fact, eggs), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 2 | Although | although | ADV | _ | 5 said | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Although | punct |
| 4 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Although | punct |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 said | nsubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 pleased | punct |
| 8 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 pleased | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 pleased | nsubj |
| 10 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 pleased | cop |
| 11 | very | very | ADV | _ | 12 pleased | advmod |
| 12 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 said | ccomp |
| 13 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 14 finding | mark |
| 14 | finding | find | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 pleased | advcl |
| 15 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 18 explanation | det:predet |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 explanation | det |
| 17 | satisfactory | satisfactory | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 explanation | amod |
| 18 | explanation | explanation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 finding | obj |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 disappearance | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 disappearance | det |
| 21 | disappearance | disappearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 explanation | nmod |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 eggs | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 eggs | det |
| 24 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 disappearance | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 misdemeanour | punct |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 misdemeanour | det |
| 27 | misdemeanour | misdemeanour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 explanation | appos |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 Minister | case |
| 29 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 Minister | nmod:poss |
| 30 | Prime | Prime | PROPN | _ | 31 Minister | compound |
| 31 | Minister | Minister | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 misdemeanour | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 insufficiency | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 insufficiency | cc |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 insufficiency | det |
| 35 | insufficiency | insufficiency | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 dinner | case |
| 37 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 dinner | nmod:poss |
| 38 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 insufficiency | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 overlook | punct |
| 40 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 43 overlook | nsubj |
| 41 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 43 overlook | aux |
| 42 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 43 overlook | advmod |
| 43 | overlook | overlook | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | conj |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 fact | det |
| 45 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 overlook | obj |
| 46 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 51 behaved | mark |
| 47 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 51 behaved | nsubj:pass |
| 48 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 49 men | nummod |
| 49 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 you | conj |
| 50 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 behaved | aux |
| 51 | behaved | behave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 fact | acl |
| 52 | in | in | ADP | _ | 56 manner | case |
| 53 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 56 manner | det |
| 54 | very | very | ADV | _ | 55 unusual | advmod |
| 55 | unusual | unusual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 manner | amod |
| 56 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 behaved | obl |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Emperor | the insufficiency of my dinner | although property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Emperor | pleased property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | find in a quote | gerund | Emperor not said here | such satisfactory explanation | for the disappearance of the eggs | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent explanation=Theme for disappearance=Beneficiary | |||
| 4 | not overlook in a quote | can | Emperor | the fact | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme | ||||
| 5 | behave in a quote | present · perfect · passive | the fact not said here | you | a unusual manner | tree rules | |||
| 6 | disappear in a quote | the eggs | nom disappearance «act intransitive»: of=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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