Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 91
He raised them at once to high rank, and presented them with lands and money sufficient to uphold their new status, and they lived happily ever afterwards, enjoying the confidence of the Emperor and the friendship of the numerous officials whom they had saved from imprisonment and death.
Who acts: Emperor, jewels · What happens: raise, present, uphold, live, enjoy, save · To what, where: jewels, high rank, new status, confidence, numerous officials, imprisonment
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, jewels), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 raised | nsubj |
| 2 | raised | raise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 raised | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 once | case |
| 5 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 2 raised | obl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 rank | case |
| 7 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 rank | amod |
| 8 | rank | rank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 raised | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 presented | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 presented | cc |
| 11 | presented | present | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 raised | conj |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 presented | obj |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 lands | case |
| 14 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 presented | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 money | cc |
| 16 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 lands | conj |
| 17 | sufficient | sufficient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 lands | amod |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 uphold | mark |
| 19 | uphold | uphold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 sufficient | xcomp |
| 20 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 status | nmod:poss |
| 21 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 status | amod |
| 22 | status | status | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 uphold | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 lived | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 lived | cc |
| 25 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 lived | nsubj |
| 26 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 raised | parataxis |
| 27 | happily | happily | ADV | _ | 26 lived | advmod |
| 28 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 29 afterwards | advmod |
| 29 | afterwards | afterwards | ADV | _ | 26 lived | advmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 enjoying | punct |
| 31 | enjoying | enjoy | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 26 lived | advcl |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 confidence | det |
| 33 | confidence | confidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 enjoying | obj |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 Emperor | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Emperor | det |
| 36 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 confidence | nmod |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 friendship | cc |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 friendship | det |
| 39 | friendship | friendship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 confidence | conj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 officials | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 officials | det |
| 42 | numerous | numerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 officials | amod |
| 43 | officials | official | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 friendship | nmod |
| 44 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 47 saved | nsubj:pass |
| 45 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 saved | nsubj |
| 46 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 saved | aux |
| 47 | saved | save | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 officials | acl:relcl |
| 48 | from | from | ADP | _ | 49 imprisonment | case |
| 49 | imprisonment | imprisonment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 saved | obl |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 death | cc |
| 51 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 imprisonment | conj |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 raised | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | raise | past | Emperor | jewels = jewel | high rank | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme at once=Destination to rank=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | present | past | Emperor not said here | jewels = jewel | with lands and money | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Recipient with land=Theme | |||
| 3 | uphold | to-infinitive | Emperor not said here | jewels's new status | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | live | past | jewels = jewel | ever | afterwards, happily property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 5 | enjoy | gerund | jewels = jewel not said here | the confidence of the Emperor and the friendship of the numerous officials | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer confidence=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | save | past · perfect · passive | the numerous officials | imprisonment and death | jewels = jewel nsubj | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from imprisonment=Source | |||
| 7 | confide | the Emperor | nom confidence «cognition 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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