Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 1
Once upon a time there lived an old King and Queen, who, although they had been married for many years, had no children to brighten their old age or to inherit their kingdom; and in the King’s possession, as it happened, were a favourite mare and dog, who also had no offspring.
Who acts: children, it, favourite mare, King · What happens: live, marry, have, brighten, inherit, happen · To what, where: old King, possession, children, old age, kingdom, favourite mare
This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (children, it, favourite mare, King), 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 | Once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 6 lived | advmod |
| 2 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 4 time | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 time | det |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lived | obl |
| 5 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 lived | advmod |
| 6 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 King | det |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 King | amod |
| 9 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 lived | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 Queen | cc |
| 11 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 King | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 married | punct |
| 13 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 married | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 married | punct |
| 15 | although | although | SCONJ | _ | 19 married | mark |
| 16 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 married | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 married | aux |
| 18 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 married | aux:pass |
| 19 | married | marry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 King | acl:relcl |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 years | case |
| 21 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 years | amod |
| 22 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 married | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 had | punct |
| 24 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 lived | conj |
| 25 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 26 children | det |
| 26 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 had | obj |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 brighten | mark |
| 28 | brighten | brighten | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 had | xcomp |
| 29 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 age | nmod:poss |
| 30 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 age | amod |
| 31 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 brighten | obj |
| 32 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 34 inherit | cc |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 34 inherit | mark |
| 34 | inherit | inherit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 brighten | conj |
| 35 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 36 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 inherit | obj |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 43 possession | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 possession | cc |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 possession | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 King | det |
| 41 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 possession | nmod:poss |
| 42 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 41 King | case |
| 43 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lived | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 happened | punct |
| 45 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 47 happened | mark |
| 46 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 happened | nsubj |
| 47 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 possession | conj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 mare | punct |
| 49 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 mare | cop |
| 50 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 mare | det |
| 51 | favourite | favourite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 mare | amod |
| 52 | mare | mare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 happened | obl |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 dog | cc |
| 54 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 mare | conj |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 had | punct |
| 56 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 58 had | nsubj |
| 57 | also | also | ADV | _ | 58 had | advmod |
| 58 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 mare | conj |
| 59 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 60 offspring | det |
| 60 | offspring | offspring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 had | obj |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 lived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | a old King and Queen | the King's possession; there | time | once property | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in possession=Location | ||
| 2 | marry | past · perfect · passive | a old King and Queen | year | King nsubj:pass | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||
| 3 | have | past | no children | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | brighten | to-infinitive | no children not said here | King's old age | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent age=Patient | ||||
| 5 | inherit | to-infinitive | no children not said here | King's kingdom | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | ||||
| 6 | happen | past | it | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | is a | past | a favourite mare and dog | dog conj | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | have | past | a favourite mare and dog | no offspring | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offspring=Patient | ||||
| 9 | possess | the King | nom possession «act transitive»: 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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