Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 74

We would, therefore, venture to suggest that, before putting us to this test, you should have a complete enumeration made of all the jewels in your Treasury; then, when we produce the three pearls in question, it will be easy to ascertain whether there are in the Treasury three pearls less than there were when the enumeration was made.”

Who acts: We, you · What happens: venture, suggest, put, have, make, produce · To what, where: that, us, complete enumeration, three pearls, question, Treasury

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, 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	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 venture	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 venture	aux
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 would	punct
4	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	6 venture	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 therefore	punct
6	venture	venture	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 suggest	mark
8	suggest	suggest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 venture	xcomp
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 suggest	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 that	punct
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 putting	mark
12	putting	put	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 suggest	advcl
13	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 putting	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 test	case
15	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 test	det
16	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 putting	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 have	punct
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 have	nsubj
19	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 have	aux
20	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 venture	conj
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 enumeration	det
22	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 enumeration	amod
23	enumeration	enumeration	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 have	obj
24	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 enumeration	acl
25	of	of	ADP	_	28 jewels	case
26	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	28 jewels	det:predet
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 jewels	det
28	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 made	obl
29	in	in	ADP	_	31 Treasury	case
30	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 Treasury	nmod:poss
31	Treasury	treasury	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 jewels	nmod
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 produce	punct
33	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	37 produce	advmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 then	punct
35	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	37 produce	advmod
36	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	37 produce	nsubj
37	produce	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 venture	parataxis
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 pearls	det
39	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	40 pearls	nummod
40	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 produce	obj
41	in	in	ADP	_	42 question	case
42	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 pearls	nmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 easy	punct
44	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 easy	expl
45	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	47 easy	aux
46	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	47 easy	cop
47	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 produce	conj
48	to	to	PART	_	49 ascertain	mark
49	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 easy	xcomp
50	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	52 are	mark
51	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	52 are	expl
52	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	47 easy	advcl
53	in	in	ADP	_	55 Treasury	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 Treasury	det
55	Treasury	Treasury	PROPN	Number=Sing	52 are	obl
56	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	57 pearls	nummod
57	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	66 made	nsubj:pass
58	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	61 were	advmod
59	than	than	ADP	_	58 less	fixed
60	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	61 were	expl
61	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	66 made	aux:pass
62	when	when	SCONJ	_	66 made	mark
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 enumeration	det
64	enumeration	enumeration	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 made	nsubj:pass
65	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	66 made	aux:pass
66	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	52 are	parataxis
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 venture	punct
68	”	"	PUNCT	_	6 venture	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	venture	would	We					therefore property	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	suggest speech: suggest	to-infinitive	We not said here	that					vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic
3	put	gerund	We not said here		us			to this test	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent we=Goal
4	have	should	you	a complete enumeration					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enumeration=Patient
5	make	participle		a complete enumeration not said here				of all jewels in your Treasury	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
6	produce	present	we	the three pearls		question	then		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pearl=Result
7	is	future	we not said here					easy property	tree rules
8	ascertain	to-infinitive	we not said here						vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
9	be	present	we not said here			the Treasury; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in treasury=Location
10	make	past · passive		three pearls				the enumeration nsubj:pass	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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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🌲 Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 74

The tree

Pragmatics

Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 74