Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 76
So summoning his Treasurer before him, he gave orders that a complete enumeration of all the jewels and other precious objects in his Treasury should be made before nightfall that evening; and having issued his commands he dismissed the audience.
Who acts: Emperor · What happens: summon, give, make, issue, dismiss, enumerate · To what, where: Treasurer, orders, complete enumeration, commands, audience, jewels · 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), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 2 summoning | advmod |
| 2 | summoning | summon | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 gave | advcl |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 Treasurer | nmod:poss |
| 4 | Treasurer | treasurer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 summoning | obj |
| 5 | before | before | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 summoning | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 summoning | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 gave | nsubj |
| 9 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | orders | order | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 gave | obj |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 made | obj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 enumeration | det |
| 13 | complete | complete | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 enumeration | amod |
| 14 | enumeration | enumeration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 made | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 jewels | case |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 jewels | det:predet |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 jewels | det |
| 18 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 enumeration | nmod |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 objects | cc |
| 20 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 objects | amod |
| 21 | precious | precious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 objects | amod |
| 22 | objects | object | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 jewels | conj |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 Treasury | case |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 Treasury | nmod:poss |
| 25 | Treasury | treasury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 jewels | nmod |
| 26 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 made | aux |
| 27 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 28 made | aux:pass |
| 28 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 orders | acl:relcl |
| 29 | before | before | ADP | _ | 30 nightfall | case |
| 30 | nightfall | nightfall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 made | obl |
| 31 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 32 evening | det |
| 32 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 nightfall | obl:unmarked |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 issued | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 issued | cc |
| 35 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 36 issued | aux |
| 36 | issued | issue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 gave | conj |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 commands | nmod:poss |
| 38 | commands | command | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 issued | obj |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 dismissed | nsubj |
| 40 | dismissed | dismiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 issued | parataxis |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 audience | det |
| 42 | audience | audience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 dismissed | obj |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | summon | gerund | Emperor not said here | Emperor's Treasurer | before Emperor | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasurer=Recipient | |||
| 2 | give | past | Emperor | orders | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | ||||
| 3 | make | should · passive | a complete enumeration of all jewels in Emperor's Treasury and other precious objects | before nightfall that evening | orders obj | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary that=Product | |||
| 4 | issue | gerund · perfect | Emperor not said here | Emperor's commands | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location command=Theme | ||||
| 5 | dismiss | past | Emperor | the audience | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent audience=Theme | ||||
| 6 | enumerate | all jewels in Emperor's Treasury and other precious objects | nom enumeration «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 7 | command | Emperor | nom command «communication 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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