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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head., sentence 75

What I propose is that you should mount upon my back, and I will then carry you through the air to the kingdom of the gods, where you can represent your case to the King of the Fairies in person, and where you will, at any rate, have the opportunity of persuading your wife to accompany you back to earth.”

Who acts: I, you, opportunity, wife · What happens: propose, be, carry, represent, have, persuade · To what, where: rate, you, air, case, opportunity, wife

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, you, opportunity, wife), 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

objnsubjcopmarknsubjauxccompcasenmod:possoblpunctccnsubjauxadvmodconjobjcasedetoblcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctadvmodnsubjauxacl:relclnmod:possobjcasedetoblcasedetnmodcaseoblpunctccadvmodnsubjadvclpunctcasedetoblpunctconjdetobjmarkaclnmod:possobjmarkxcompobjadvmodcaseoblpunctpunctrootWhatPRONIPRONproposeVERBisAUXthatSCONJyouPRONshouldAUXmountVERBuponADPmyPRONbackNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJIPRONwillAUXthenADVcarryVERByouPRONthroughADPtheDETairNOUNtoADPtheDETkingdomNOUNofADPtheDETgodsNOUN,PUNCTwhereADVyouPRONcanAUXrepresentVERByourPRONcaseNOUNtoADPtheDETKingPROPNofADPtheDETFairiesPROPNinADPpersonNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwhereADVyouPRONwillAUX,PUNCTatADPanyDETrateNOUN,PUNCThaveVERBtheDETopportunityNOUNofSCONJpersuadingVERByourPRONwifeNOUNtoPARTaccompanyVERByouPRONbackADVtoADPearthNOUN.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 proposeobj
2IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs3 proposensubj
3proposeproposeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 mountcop
5thatthatSCONJ_8 mountmark
6youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs8 mountnsubj
7shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin8 mountaux
8mountmountVERBVerbForm=Inf3 proposeccomp
9uponuponADP_11 backcase
10mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 backnmod:poss
11backbackNOUNNumber=Sing8 mountobl
12,,PUNCT_17 carrypunct
13andandCCONJ_17 carrycc
14IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs17 carrynsubj
15willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin17 carryaux
16thenthenADVPronType=Dem17 carryadvmod
17carrycarryVERBVerbForm=Inf3 proposeconj
18youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs17 carryobj
19throughthroughADP_21 aircase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 airdet
21airairNOUNNumber=Sing17 carryobl
22totoADP_24 kingdomcase
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 kingdomdet
24kingdomkingdomNOUNNumber=Sing17 carryobl
25ofofADP_27 godscase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 godsdet
27godsgodNOUNNumber=Plur24 kingdomnmod
28,,PUNCT_32 representpunct
29wherewhereADVPronType=Rel32 representadvmod
30youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs32 representnsubj
31cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin32 representaux
32representrepresentVERBVerbForm=Inf27 godsacl:relcl
33youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 casenmod:poss
34casecaseNOUNNumber=Sing32 representobj
35totoADP_37 Kingcase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 Kingdet
37KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing32 representobl
38ofofADP_40 Fairiescase
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 Fairiesdet
40FairiesFairyPROPNNumber=Plur37 Kingnmod
41ininADP_42 personcase
42personpersonNOUNNumber=Sing32 representobl
43,,PUNCT_47 willpunct
44andandCCONJ_47 willcc
45wherewhereADVPronType=Rel47 willadvmod
46youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs47 willnsubj
47willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin3 proposeadvcl
48,,PUNCT_51 ratepunct
49atatADP_51 ratecase
50anyanyDETPronType=Ind51 ratedet
51raterateNOUNNumber=Sing3 proposeobl
52,,PUNCT_53 havepunct
53havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 proposeconj
54thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art55 opportunitydet
55opportunityopportunityNOUNNumber=Sing53 haveobj
56ofofSCONJ_57 persuadingmark
57persuadingpersuadeVERBVerbForm=Ger55 opportunityacl
58youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs59 wifenmod:poss
59wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing57 persuadingobj
60totoPART_61 accompanymark
61accompanyaccompanyVERBVerbForm=Inf57 persuadingxcomp
62youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs61 accompanyobj
63backbackADV_61 accompanyadvmod
64totoADP_65 earthcase
65earthearthNOUNNumber=Sing61 accompanyobl
66..PUNCT_3 proposepunct
67”"PUNCT_3 proposepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1proposepresentIany rateWhat objtree rules
2isshould · presentyouupon my back; mount propertytree rules
3carryfutureIyouthe airthento the kingdom of the godsvn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to kingdom=Destination
4representcanyouyour caseto the King of the Fairies; in personvn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot case=Theme to king=Attribute
5havepresentI not said herethe opportunityvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Patient
6persuadegerundthe opportunity not said hereyour wifevn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent wife=Patient clause=Result
7accompany backto-infinitiveyour wife not said hereyouearthvn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to earth=Destination

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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