Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 69
“The test which I have in store for you,” continued the Emperor, “is as follows: you must know that in my Treasury I have a great number of jewels and precious objects of all kinds; and the Treasury is enclosed within a treble wall ten fathoms in height, closed by iron gates, and is guarded night and day by companies of my most faithful soldiers.
Who acts: Emperor, you, companies · What happens: have, continue, be, know, enclose, close · To what, where: test, store, Emperor, great number, Treasury, height · 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, you, companies), 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 | _ | 3 test | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 test | det |
| 3 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 continued | ccomp |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 have | obj |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 have | nsubj |
| 6 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 test | acl:relcl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 store | case |
| 8 | store | store | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 have | obl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 you | case |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 have | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 test | punct |
| 12 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 test | punct |
| 13 | continued | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Emperor | det |
| 15 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 continued | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 follows | punct |
| 17 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 follows | punct |
| 18 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 follows | cop |
| 19 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 20 follows | mark |
| 20 | follows | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 continued | conj |
| 21 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 24 know | punct |
| 22 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 24 know | nsubj |
| 23 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 know | aux |
| 24 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 follows | advcl |
| 25 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 30 have | mark |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 Treasury | case |
| 27 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 Treasury | nmod:poss |
| 28 | Treasury | treasury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 have | obl |
| 29 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 have | nsubj |
| 30 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 know | ccomp |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 number | det |
| 32 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 number | amod |
| 33 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 have | obj |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 jewels | case |
| 35 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 number | nmod |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 objects | cc |
| 37 | precious | precious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 objects | amod |
| 38 | objects | object | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 jewels | conj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 kinds | case |
| 40 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 41 kinds | det |
| 41 | kinds | kind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 objects | nmod |
| 42 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 47 enclosed | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 enclosed | cc |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 Treasury | det |
| 45 | Treasury | Treasury | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 enclosed | nsubj:pass |
| 46 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 enclosed | aux:pass |
| 47 | enclosed | enclose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 continued | parataxis |
| 48 | within | within | ADP | _ | 51 wall | case |
| 49 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 51 wall | det |
| 50 | treble | treble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 wall | compound |
| 51 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 enclosed | obl |
| 52 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 53 fathoms | nummod |
| 53 | fathoms | fathom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 enclosed | obl:unmarked |
| 54 | in | in | ADP | _ | 55 height | case |
| 55 | height | height | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 enclosed | obl |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 closed | punct |
| 57 | closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 47 enclosed | conj |
| 58 | by | by | ADP | _ | 60 gates | case |
| 59 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 gates | compound |
| 60 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 closed | obl |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 guarded | punct |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 guarded | cc |
| 63 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 64 guarded | aux:pass |
| 64 | guarded | guard | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 continued | conj |
| 65 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 guarded | obl:unmarked |
| 66 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 67 day | cc |
| 67 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 night | conj |
| 68 | by | by | ADP | _ | 69 companies | case |
| 69 | companies | company | NOUN | Number=Plur | 64 guarded | obl:agent |
| 70 | of | of | ADP | _ | 74 soldiers | case |
| 71 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 74 soldiers | nmod:poss |
| 72 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 73 faithful | advmod |
| 73 | faithful | faithful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 74 soldiers | amod |
| 74 | soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 69 companies | nmod |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 continued | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | present | Emperor | the test | store | for you | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | ||
| 2 | continue | past | the Emperor | the test ccomp | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | follow property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | know in a quote | must | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | have in a quote | present | Emperor | a great number of jewels and precious objects of all kinds | my Treasury | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient | |||
| 6 | enclose in a quote | present · passive | the Treasury | height | within a treble wall; ten fathoms obl:unmarked | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme | |||
| 7 | close in a quote | participle | by iron gates | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 8 | guard in a quote | present · passive | companies of my faithful soldiers | night | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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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