Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 78
The only way in which it could be done was to call in the assistance of all the officials of the palace, and having allotted a section of the Treasure Chamber to each, to order them to make a complete inventory each of his own part.
Who acts: only way · What happens: do, be, allot, order, make, assist · To what, where: way, only way, assistance, section, officials, complete inventory
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 (only way), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 way | det |
| 2 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 way | amod |
| 3 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 call | nsubj:outer |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 done | obl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 done | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 done | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 done | aux:pass |
| 9 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 way | acl:relcl |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 call | cop |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 call | mark |
| 12 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 assistance | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 assistance | det |
| 15 | assistance | assistance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 call | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 officials | case |
| 17 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 19 officials | det:predet |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 officials | det |
| 19 | officials | official | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 assistance | nmod |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 palace | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 palace | det |
| 22 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 officials | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 allotted | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 allotted | cc |
| 25 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 26 allotted | aux |
| 26 | allotted | allot | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 call | advcl |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 section | det |
| 28 | section | section | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 allotted | obj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 Chamber | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 Chamber | det |
| 31 | Treasure | Treasure | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Chamber | compound |
| 32 | Chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 section | nmod |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 each | case |
| 34 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 32 Chamber | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 order | punct |
| 36 | to | to | PART | _ | 37 order | mark |
| 37 | order | order | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 call | conj |
| 38 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 order | obj |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 make | mark |
| 40 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 order | advcl |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 inventory | det |
| 42 | complete | complete | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 inventory | amod |
| 43 | inventory | inventory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 make | obj |
| 44 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 43 inventory | nmod |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 part | case |
| 46 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 part | nmod:poss |
| 47 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 part | amod |
| 48 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 each | nmod |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 call | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | could · passive | way | the only way | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the only way | the assistance of all officials of the palace | call property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | allot | gerund · perfect | the only way not said here | a section of the Treasure Chamber to each | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent section=Theme | ||||
| 4 | order | to-infinitive | the only way not said here | officials = official | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 5 | make | to-infinitive | the only way not said here | a complete inventory each of Treasurer's own part | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset inventory=Product | ||||
| 6 | assist | all officials of the palace | nom assistance «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 7 | section | the Treasure Chamber to each | nom section «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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