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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

punctadvmodpunctpunctnsubjpunctpunctnsubjcopadvmodccompmarkadvcldet:predetdetamodobjcasedetnmodcasedetnmodpunctdetapposcasenmod:posscompoundnmodpunctccdetoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctnsubjauxadvmodconjdetobjmarknsubj:passnummodconjauxaclcasedetadvmodamodoblpunctroot“PUNCTAlthoughADV,PUNCT”PUNCTsaidVERBhePRON,PUNCT“PUNCTIPRONamAUXveryADVpleasedADJatSCONJfindingVERBsuchDETaDETsatisfactoryADJexplanationNOUNforADPtheDETdisappearanceNOUNofADPtheDETeggsNOUN,PUNCTtheDETmisdemeanourNOUNofADPmyPRONPrimePROPNMinisterPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETinsufficiencyNOUNofADPmyPRONdinnerNOUN,PUNCTIPRONcanAUXnotPARToverlookVERBtheDETfactNOUNthatSCONJyouPRONthreeNUMmenNOUNhaveAUXbehavedVERBinADPaDETveryADVunusualADJmannerNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1“"PUNCT_5 saidpunct
2AlthoughalthoughADV_5 saidadvmod
3,,PUNCT_2 Althoughpunct
4”"PUNCT_2 Althoughpunct
5saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 saidnsubj
7,,PUNCT_12 pleasedpunct
8“"PUNCT_12 pleasedpunct
9IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs12 pleasednsubj
10ambeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 pleasedcop
11veryveryADV_12 pleasedadvmod
12pleasedpleasedADJDegree=Pos5 saidccomp
13atatSCONJ_14 findingmark
14findingfindVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part12 pleasedadvcl
15suchsuchDETPronType=Ind18 explanationdet:predet
16aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art18 explanationdet
17satisfactorysatisfactoryADJDegree=Pos18 explanationamod
18explanationexplanationNOUNNumber=Sing14 findingobj
19forforADP_21 disappearancecase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 disappearancedet
21disappearancedisappearanceNOUNNumber=Sing18 explanationnmod
22ofofADP_24 eggscase
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 eggsdet
24eggseggNOUNNumber=Plur21 disappearancenmod
25,,PUNCT_27 misdemeanourpunct
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 misdemeanourdet
27misdemeanourmisdemeanourNOUNNumber=Sing18 explanationappos
28ofofADP_31 Ministercase
29mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 Ministernmod:poss
30PrimePrimePROPN_31 Ministercompound
31MinisterMinisterPROPNNumber=Sing27 misdemeanournmod
32,,PUNCT_35 insufficiencypunct
33andandCCONJ_35 insufficiencycc
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 insufficiencydet
35insufficiencyinsufficiencyNOUNNumber=Sing5 saidobl
36ofofADP_38 dinnercase
37mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs38 dinnernmod:poss
38dinnerdinnerNOUNNumber=Sing35 insufficiencynmod
39,,PUNCT_43 overlookpunct
40IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs43 overlooknsubj
41cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin43 overlookaux
42notnotPARTPolarity=Neg43 overlookadvmod
43overlookoverlookVERBVerbForm=Inf5 saidconj
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 factdet
45factfactNOUNNumber=Sing43 overlookobj
46thatthatSCONJ_51 behavedmark
47youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs51 behavednsubj:pass
48threethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card49 mennummod
49menmanNOUNNumber=Plur47 youconj
50havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin51 behavedaux
51behavedbehaveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass45 factacl
52ininADP_56 mannercase
53aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art56 mannerdet
54veryveryADV_55 unusualadvmod
55unusualunusualADJDegree=Pos56 manneramod
56mannermannerNOUNNumber=Sing51 behavedobl
57..PUNCT_5 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpastEmperorthe insufficiency of my dinneralthough propertyvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2is in a quotepresentEmperorpleased propertytree rules
3find in a quotegerundEmperor not said heresuch satisfactory explanationfor the disappearance of the eggsvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent explanation=Theme for disappearance=Beneficiary
4not overlook in a quotecanEmperorthe factvn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme
5behave in a quotepresent · perfect · passivethe fact not said hereyoua unusual mannertree rules
6disappear in a quotethe eggsnom 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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