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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 propose | obj |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 propose | nsubj |
| 3 | propose | propose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 mount | cop |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 mount | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 mount | nsubj |
| 7 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 mount | aux |
| 8 | mount | mount | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 propose | ccomp |
| 9 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 11 back | case |
| 10 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 back | nmod:poss |
| 11 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 mount | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 carry | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 carry | cc |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 carry | nsubj |
| 15 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 carry | aux |
| 16 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 17 carry | advmod |
| 17 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 propose | conj |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 carry | obj |
| 19 | through | through | ADP | _ | 21 air | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 air | det |
| 21 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 carry | obl |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 kingdom | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 kingdom | det |
| 24 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 carry | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 gods | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 gods | det |
| 27 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 kingdom | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 represent | punct |
| 29 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 32 represent | advmod |
| 30 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 represent | nsubj |
| 31 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 represent | aux |
| 32 | represent | represent | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 gods | acl:relcl |
| 33 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 case | nmod:poss |
| 34 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 represent | obj |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 King | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 King | det |
| 37 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 represent | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 Fairies | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 Fairies | det |
| 40 | Fairies | Fairy | PROPN | Number=Plur | 37 King | nmod |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 person | case |
| 42 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 represent | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 will | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 will | cc |
| 45 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 47 will | advmod |
| 46 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 47 will | nsubj |
| 47 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 propose | advcl |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 rate | punct |
| 49 | at | at | ADP | _ | 51 rate | case |
| 50 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 51 rate | det |
| 51 | rate | rate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 propose | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 have | punct |
| 53 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 propose | conj |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 opportunity | det |
| 55 | opportunity | opportunity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 have | obj |
| 56 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 57 persuading | mark |
| 57 | persuading | persuade | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 55 opportunity | acl |
| 58 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 59 wife | nmod:poss |
| 59 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 persuading | obj |
| 60 | to | to | PART | _ | 61 accompany | mark |
| 61 | accompany | accompany | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 57 persuading | xcomp |
| 62 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 61 accompany | obj |
| 63 | back | back | ADV | _ | 61 accompany | advmod |
| 64 | to | to | ADP | _ | 65 earth | case |
| 65 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 accompany | obl |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 propose | punct |
| 67 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 propose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | propose | present | I | any rate | What obj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | should · present | you | upon my back; mount property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | carry | future | I | you | the air | then | to the kingdom of the gods | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to kingdom=Destination | |
| 4 | represent | can | you | your case | to the King of the Fairies; in person | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot case=Theme to king=Attribute | |||
| 5 | have | present | I not said here | the opportunity | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Patient | ||||
| 6 | persuade | gerund | the opportunity not said here | your wife | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent wife=Patient clause=Result | ||||
| 7 | accompany back | to-infinitive | your wife not said here | you | earth | vn 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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