Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head., sentence 51
The Fairy wife, by means of her magic, was able to erect a magnificent palace, and to furnish it in the most luxurious manner with everything necessary for comfort; and she supplied, moreover, horses and servants, and everything else that a married couple could desire.
Who acts: Fairy wife, wife, everything · What happens: mean, be, erect, furnish, supply, desire · To what, where: magnificent palace, palace, luxurious manner, horses
This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fairy wife, wife, everything), 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 wife | det |
| 2 | Fairy | fairy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 wife | amod |
| 3 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 able | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 means | punct |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 means | case |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wife | acl:relcl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 magic | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 magic | nmod:poss |
| 9 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 wife | punct |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 able | cop |
| 12 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 erect | mark |
| 14 | erect | erect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 able | xcomp |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 palace | det |
| 16 | magnificent | magnificent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 palace | amod |
| 17 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 erect | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 furnish | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 furnish | cc |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 furnish | mark |
| 21 | furnish | furnish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 able | conj |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 furnish | obj |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 manner | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 manner | det |
| 25 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 26 luxurious | advmod |
| 26 | luxurious | luxurious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 manner | amod |
| 27 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 furnish | obl |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 29 everything | case |
| 29 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 21 furnish | obl |
| 30 | necessary | necessary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 everything | amod |
| 31 | for | for | ADP | _ | 32 comfort | case |
| 32 | comfort | comfort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 necessary | obl |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 supplied | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 supplied | cc |
| 35 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 supplied | nsubj |
| 36 | supplied | supply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 able | parataxis |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 moreover | punct |
| 38 | moreover | moreover | ADV | _ | 36 supplied | advmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 moreover | punct |
| 40 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 supplied | obj |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 servants | cc |
| 42 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 horses | conj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 desire | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 desire | cc |
| 45 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 52 desire | nsubj |
| 46 | else | else | ADV | _ | 45 everything | advmod |
| 47 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 52 desire | mark |
| 48 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 couple | det |
| 49 | married | married | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 couple | amod |
| 50 | couple | couple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 desire | nsubj |
| 51 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 52 desire | aux |
| 52 | desire | desire | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 supplied | conj |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 able | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | the Fairy wife not said here | of wife's magic | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the Fairy wife | able property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | erect | to-infinitive | the Fairy wife not said here | a magnificent palace | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Product | ||||
| 4 | furnish | to-infinitive | the Fairy wife not said here | palace | the luxurious manner | with everything | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Recipient with everything=Theme | ||
| 5 | supply | past | wife | horses and servants | moreover property | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Recipient | |||
| 6 | desire | could | everything | a married couple nsubj | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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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