Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 67
If you succeed in this trial to my satisfaction you shall all three be well rewarded, and receive rank and lands in my country; but if you fail, you must take the consequences of your rashness, and you shall all three be put to death.”
Who acts: you, my · What happens: succeed, reward, receive, fail, take, put · To what, where: trial, you, rank, country, consequences
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 (you, my), 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 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 succeed | mark |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 succeed | nsubj |
| 3 | succeed | succeed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 receive | advcl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 trial | case |
| 5 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 trial | det |
| 6 | trial | trial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 succeed | obl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 satisfaction | case |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 satisfaction | nmod:poss |
| 9 | satisfaction | satisfaction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 succeed | obl |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 rewarded | nsubj |
| 11 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 rewarded | aux |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 three | det |
| 13 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 rewarded | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 rewarded | aux:pass |
| 15 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 16 rewarded | advmod |
| 16 | rewarded | reward | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 satisfaction | acl:relcl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 receive | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 receive | cc |
| 19 | receive | receive | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | rank | rank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 receive | obj |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 lands | cc |
| 22 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 rank | conj |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 country | case |
| 24 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 country | nmod:poss |
| 25 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 receive | obl |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 take | punct |
| 27 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 34 take | cc |
| 28 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 30 fail | mark |
| 29 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 30 fail | nsubj |
| 30 | fail | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 take | advcl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 fail | punct |
| 32 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 34 take | nsubj |
| 33 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 take | aux |
| 34 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 receive | parataxis |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 consequences | det |
| 36 | consequences | consequence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 take | obj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 rashness | case |
| 38 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 rashness | nmod:poss |
| 39 | rashness | rashness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 consequences | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 put | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 put | cc |
| 42 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 47 put | nsubj |
| 43 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 47 put | aux |
| 44 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 45 three | det |
| 45 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 47 put | nsubj:pass |
| 46 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 47 put | aux:pass |
| 47 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 take | conj |
| 48 | to | to | ADP | _ | 49 death | case |
| 49 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 put | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 receive | punct |
| 51 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 receive | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | succeed a condition, not said to happen | present | you | this trial | to my satisfaction | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in trial=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | reward | shall · passive | you | all three nsubj:pass; well property | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | receive | imperative | you not said here | rank and lands | my country | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent rank=Theme in country=Location | |||
| 4 | fail a condition, not said to happen | present | you | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | take | must | you | the consequences of your rashness | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme | ||||
| 6 | put | shall · passive | you | to death; all three nsubj:pass | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | ||||
| 7 | satisfy | my | nom satisfaction «feeling 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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