Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head., sentence 70

I observe, moreover, that it has neither beak nor claws, so I propose that we invite it into the nest, and receive it hospitably in return for a good service which it has rendered to our children.”

Who acts: I, creature, we · What happens: observe, have, propose, invite, receive, render · To what, where: beak, creature, nest, return, good service, children

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 (I, creature, we), 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	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 observe	nsubj
2	observe	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 moreover	punct
4	moreover	moreover	ADV	_	2 observe	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 has	punct
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 has	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 has	nsubj
8	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 observe	conj
9	neither	neither	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	10 beak	cc:preconj
10	beak	beak	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 has	obj
11	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	12 claws	cc
12	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 beak	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 propose	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	16 propose	advmod
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 propose	nsubj
16	propose	propose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 observe	parataxis
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 invite	mark
18	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 invite	nsubj
19	invite	invite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 propose	ccomp
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 invite	obj
21	into	into	ADP	_	23 nest	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 nest	det
23	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 invite	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 receive	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 receive	cc
26	receive	receive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	16 propose	conj
27	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 receive	obj
28	hospitably	hospitably	ADV	_	26 receive	advmod
29	in	in	ADP	_	30 return	case
30	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 receive	obl
31	for	for	ADP	_	34 service	case
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 service	det
33	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 service	amod
34	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 return	nmod
35	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	38 rendered	nsubj:pass
36	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 rendered	nsubj:pass
37	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	38 rendered	aux
38	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	34 service	acl:relcl
39	to	to	ADP	_	41 children	case
40	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 children	nmod:poss
41	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 rendered	obl
42	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 observe	punct
43	”	"	PUNCT	_	2 observe	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	observe	present	I				moreover property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	have	present	creature	beak nor claws				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beak=Patient
3	propose	present	I					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	invite	present	we	creature		the nest		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
5	receive	infinitive	I not said here	creature		return for a good service	hospitably property	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in return=Location
6	render	present · perfect · passive		a good service	our children		creature nsubj:pass	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to child=Recipient

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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🌲 Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head., sentence 70

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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head., sentence 70