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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 80

The three Thieves, who had anticipated this action on the part of the Treasurer, meanwhile dressed themselves up in the complete robes which are proper for a palace official, and mingling unnoticed in the crowd, they followed the Treasurer to the gates of the Royal Treasury.

Who acts: three Thieves, complete robes · What happens: anticipate, dress up, be, mingle, follow · To what, where: action, part, Thieves, complete robes, crowd, Treasurer

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 (three Thieves, complete robes), 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

detnummodnsubjpunctnsubjauxacl:relcldetobjcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctadvmodconjobjcompound:prtcasedetamodoblnsubjcopacl:relclcasedetoblamodpunctccadvclxcompcasedetoblpunctnsubjdetobjcasedetoblcasedetamodnmodpunctrootTheDETthreeNUMThievesNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONhadAUXanticipatedVERBthisDETactionNOUNonADPtheDETpartNOUNofADPtheDETTreasurerPROPN,PUNCTmeanwhileADVdressedVERBthemselvesPRONupADPinADPtheDETcompleteADJrobesNOUNwhichPRONareAUXproperADJforADPaDETpalaceNOUNofficialADJ,PUNCTandCCONJminglingVERBunnoticedADJinADPtheDETcrowdNOUN,PUNCTtheyPRONfollowedVERBtheDETTreasurerPROPNtoADPtheDETgatesNOUNofADPtheDETRoyalADJTreasuryPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Thievesdet
2threethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card3 Thievesnummod
3ThievesthiefNOUNNumber=Plur41 followednsubj
4,,PUNCT_7 anticipatedpunct
5whowhoPRONPronType=Rel7 anticipatednsubj
6hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 anticipatedaux
7anticipatedanticipateVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part3 Thievesacl:relcl
8thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem9 actiondet
9actionactionNOUNNumber=Sing7 anticipatedobj
10ononADP_12 partcase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 partdet
12partpartNOUNNumber=Sing7 anticipatedobl
13ofofADP_15 Treasurercase
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 Treasurerdet
15TreasurerTreasurerPROPNNumber=Sing12 partnmod
16,,PUNCT_18 dressedpunct
17meanwhilemeanwhileADV_18 dressedadvmod
18dresseddressVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part7 anticipatedconj
19themselvesthemselvesPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes18 dressedobj
20upupADP_18 dressedcompound:prt
21ininADP_24 robescase
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 robesdet
23completecompleteADJDegree=Pos24 robesamod
24robesrobeNOUNNumber=Plur18 dressedobl
25whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel27 propernsubj
26arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin27 propercop
27properproperADJDegree=Pos24 robesacl:relcl
28forforADP_30 palacecase
29aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art30 palacedet
30palacepalaceNOUNNumber=Sing27 properobl
31officialofficialADJDegree=Pos30 palaceamod
32,,PUNCT_41 followedpunct
33andandCCONJ_41 followedcc
34minglingmingleVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part41 followedadvcl
35unnoticedunnoticedADJDegree=Pos34 minglingxcomp
36ininADP_38 crowdcase
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 crowddet
38crowdcrowdNOUNNumber=Sing34 minglingobl
39,,PUNCT_34 minglingpunct
40theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs41 followednsubj
41followedfollowVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 Treasurerdet
43TreasurerTreasurerPROPNNumber=Sing41 followedobj
44totoADP_46 gatescase
45thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 gatesdet
46gatesgateNOUNNumber=Plur41 followedobl
47ofofADP_50 Treasurycase
48thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art50 Treasurydet
49RoyalRoyalADJDegree=Pos50 Treasuryamod
50TreasuryTreasuryPROPNNumber=Sing46 gatesnmod
51..PUNCT_41 followedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1anticipatepast · perfectthe three Thievesthis actionthe part of the Treasurervn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Theme
2dress upparticiplethe three Thieves not said hereThieves = thiefthe complete robesmeanwhile propertyvn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient
3ispresentthe complete robesfor a palace; proper propertytree rules
4minglegerundthe three Thieves not said herethe crowdunnoticed propertyvn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
5followpastthe three Thievesthe Treasurerthe gates of the Royal TreasuryThieves = thief nsubjvn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent treasurer=Theme to gate=Trajectory

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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