Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head., sentence 92

So the celestial powers met together in a great council, and, having discussed the matter in all its bearings, they decided that, as the Fairy Princess desired to return to earth of her own free will, they would not stand in her way; but that if she did so, she must take the consequence of her own action, and that as the result of mating with an unclean creature like a human being she must herself become mortal and lose her Fairy nature.

Who acts: celestial powers, powers, Fairy Princess, Princess, result · What happens: meet, discuss, decide, desire, return, not stand · To what, where: great council, matter, bearings, way, consequence, Fairy nature

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 (celestial powers, powers, Fairy Princess, Princess), 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	So	so	ADV	_	5 met	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 powers	det
3	celestial	celestial	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 powers	compound
4	powers	power	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 met	nsubj
5	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	together	together	ADV	_	5 met	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 council	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 council	det
9	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 council	amod
10	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 met	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 discussed	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 discussed	cc
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 and	punct
14	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 discussed	aux
15	discussed	discuss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 met	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 matter	det
17	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 discussed	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 bearings	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 bearings	det:predet
20	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 bearings	nmod:poss
21	bearings	bearing	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 discussed	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 decided	punct
23	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 decided	nsubj
24	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 met	conj
25	that	that	ADV	_	24 decided	advmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 desired	punct
27	as	as	SCONJ	_	31 desired	mark
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 Princess	det
29	Fairy	fairy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 Princess	amod
30	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 desired	nsubj
31	desired	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 decided	conj
32	to	to	PART	_	33 return	mark
33	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 desired	xcomp
34	to	to	ADP	_	35 earth	case
35	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 return	obl
36	of	of	ADP	_	40 will	case
37	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 will	nmod:poss
38	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 free	amod
39	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 will	amod
40	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	35 earth	acl:relcl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 stand	punct
42	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 stand	nsubj
43	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	45 stand	aux
44	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	45 stand	advmod
45	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 met	parataxis
46	in	in	ADP	_	48 way	case
47	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 way	nmod:poss
48	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 stand	obl
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	59 take	punct
50	but	but	CCONJ	_	59 take	cc
51	that	that	SCONJ	_	54 did	mark
52	if	if	SCONJ	_	54 did	mark
53	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 did	nsubj
54	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 take	advcl
55	so	so	ADV	_	54 did	advmod
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 did	punct
57	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 take	nsubj
58	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	59 take	aux
59	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 met	parataxis
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 consequence	det
61	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 take	obj
62	of	of	ADP	_	65 action	case
63	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 action	nmod:poss
64	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 action	amod
65	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 consequence	nmod
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 result	punct
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 result	cc
68	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	71 result	nsubj
69	as	as	ADP	_	71 result	case
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 result	det
71	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 met	obl
72	of	of	SCONJ	_	73 mating	mark
73	mating	mate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	71 result	acl
74	with	with	ADP	_	77 creature	case
75	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	77 creature	det
76	unclean	unclean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	77 creature	amod
77	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 mating	obl
78	like	like	SCONJ	_	80 human	mark
79	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	80 human	det
80	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 mating	advcl
81	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	85 become	nsubj
82	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	85 become	nsubj
83	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	85 become	aux
84	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	85 become	nsubj
85	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	80 human	parataxis
86	mortal	mortal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	85 become	xcomp
87	and	and	CCONJ	_	88 lose	cc
88	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	85 become	conj
89	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	91 nature	nmod:poss
90	Fairy	fairy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	91 nature	amod
91	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 lose	obj
92	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 met	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	meet	past	the celestial powers		a great council	as the result that; together property	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	discuss speech: other	gerund · perfect	the celestial powers not said here	the matter	matter's bearings		vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Topic
3	decide	past	powers = power			that property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	desire	past	the Fairy Princess				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	return not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Fairy Princess not said here			to earth result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to earth=Result
6	not stand	would	powers = power		Princess's way		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in way=Location
7	do	past	Princess				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	take	must	Princess	the consequence of Princess's own action			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme
9	mate	gerund	the result that not said here			with a unclean creature	vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with creature=Co-Patient
10	become	must				Princess nsubj; mortal property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
11	lose	present		Princess's Fairy nature			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Eventuality
12	act		Princess				nom action «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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 92

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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head., sentence 92