Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 72
“We will do our best to carry out Your Majesty’s commands and to succeed in this test which you have given us, but we would call your royal attention to one matter; it is this: supposing we produce before to-morrow evening three pearls as you command, how shall we be able to satisfy you that they come from the Royal Treasury?
Who acts: We, test, attention, you, pearls, Majesty · What happens: do, carry out, succeed, give, call, be · To what, where: best, commands, test, us, royal attention, one matter · 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 (We, test, attention, you), 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 | _ | 4 do | punct |
| 2 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 best | nmod:poss |
| 6 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 do | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 carry | mark |
| 8 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 do | advcl |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 carry | compound:prt |
| 10 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 Majesty | nmod:poss |
| 11 | Majesty | majesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 commands | nmod:poss |
| 12 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 11 Majesty | case |
| 13 | commands | command | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 carry | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 succeed | cc |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 succeed | mark |
| 16 | succeed | succeed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 carry | conj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 test | case |
| 18 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 test | det |
| 19 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 succeed | obl |
| 20 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 given | nsubj |
| 21 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 23 given | nsubj |
| 22 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 given | aux |
| 23 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 test | acl:relcl |
| 24 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 given | iobj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 call | punct |
| 26 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 29 call | cc |
| 27 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 call | nsubj |
| 28 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 call | aux |
| 29 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 succeed | conj |
| 30 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 attention | nmod:poss |
| 31 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 attention | amod |
| 32 | attention | attention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 call | obj |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 matter | case |
| 34 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 35 matter | nummod |
| 35 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 call | obl |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 this | punct |
| 37 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 this | nsubj |
| 38 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 this | cop |
| 39 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 do | obl |
| 40 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 43 produce | punct |
| 41 | supposing | supposing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 produce | compound |
| 42 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 43 produce | nsubj |
| 43 | produce | produce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | parataxis |
| 44 | before | before | ADP | _ | 48 evening | case |
| 45 | to | to | ADP | _ | 48 evening | case |
| 46 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 45 to | punct |
| 47 | morrow | morrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 evening | compound |
| 48 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 produce | obl |
| 49 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 50 pearls | nummod |
| 50 | pearls | pearl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 produce | obj |
| 51 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 53 command | mark |
| 52 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 53 command | nsubj |
| 53 | command | command | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 produce | advcl |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 able | punct |
| 55 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 59 able | advmod |
| 56 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 59 able | aux |
| 57 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 59 able | nsubj |
| 58 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 59 able | cop |
| 59 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 command | advcl |
| 60 | to | to | PART | _ | 61 satisfy | mark |
| 61 | satisfy | satisfy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 59 able | xcomp |
| 62 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 61 satisfy | obj |
| 63 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 65 come | mark |
| 64 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 65 come | nsubj |
| 65 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 61 satisfy | advcl |
| 66 | from | from | ADP | _ | 69 Treasury | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 69 Treasury | det |
| 68 | Royal | Royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 69 Treasury | amod |
| 69 | Treasury | Treasury | PROPN | Number=Sing | 65 come | obl |
| 70 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do in a quote | future | We | our best | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | carry out in a quote | to-infinitive | We not said here | Your Majesty's commands | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | succeed in a quote | to-infinitive | We not said here | this test | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in test=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | give in a quote | present · perfect | this test | us | you nsubj | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | |||
| 5 | call in a quote | would | we | your royal attention | one matter | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent attention=Topic to matter=Recipient | |||
| 6 | is a in a quote | present | attention | this | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | produce in a quote | present | we | three pearls | evening | supposing compound | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pearl=Result | ||
| 8 | command in a quote | present | you | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | is in a quote | shall | we | able property | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | satisfy in a quote | to-infinitive | we not said here | you | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | ||||
| 11 | come in a quote | present | pearls = pearl | the Royal Treasury | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from treasury=Initial_Location | ||||
| 12 | command in a quote | Your Majesty | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 13 | attend in a quote | your | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: 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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