Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 2

Now both the King and the Queen were very anxious to have children of their own, and also to perpetuate the fine breed represented by the mare and the dog; so the King posted a notice all over his kingdom, offering a very large reward to any Lama or other holy personage who could secure to him and to his horse and dog the birth of children.

Who acts: King, other holy personage · What happens: be, have, perpetuate, represent, post, offer · To what, where: children, fine breed, notice, kingdom, large reward, dog

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 (King, other holy personage), 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	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 King	advmod
2	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 King	nsubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 anxious	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Queen	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Queen	det
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 King	conj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 anxious	cop
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 anxious	advmod
10	anxious	anxious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	to	to	PART	_	12 have	mark
12	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 anxious	advcl
13	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 have	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 own	case
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 own	nmod:poss
16	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 children	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 perpetuate	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 perpetuate	cc
19	also	also	ADV	_	21 perpetuate	advmod
20	to	to	PART	_	21 perpetuate	mark
21	perpetuate	perpetuate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 anxious	conj
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 breed	det
23	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 breed	amod
24	breed	breed	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 perpetuate	obj
25	represented	represent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 breed	acl
26	by	by	ADP	_	28 mare	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 mare	det
28	mare	mare	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 represented	obl
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 dog	cc
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 dog	det
31	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 mare	conj
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 posted	punct
33	so	so	ADV	_	36 posted	advmod
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 King	det
35	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 posted	nsubj
36	posted	post	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 perpetuate	parataxis
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	38 notice	det
38	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 posted	obj
39	all	all	ADV	_	42 kingdom	advmod
40	over	over	ADP	_	42 kingdom	case
41	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 kingdom	nmod:poss
42	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 posted	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 offering	punct
44	offering	offer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	36 posted	advcl
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	48 reward	det
46	very	very	ADV	_	47 large	advmod
47	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 reward	amod
48	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 offering	obj
49	to	to	ADP	_	51 Lama	case
50	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	51 Lama	det
51	Lama	lama	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 offering	obl
52	or	or	CCONJ	_	55 personage	cc
53	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 personage	amod
54	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 personage	amod
55	personage	personage	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 Lama	conj
56	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	58 secure	nsubj
57	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 secure	aux
58	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 personage	acl:relcl
59	to	to	ADP	_	60 him	case
60	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 secure	obl
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 horse	cc
62	to	to	ADP	_	64 horse	case
63	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	64 horse	nmod:poss
64	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 Lama	conj
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 dog	cc
66	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 Lama	conj
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 birth	det
68	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 offering	obj
69	of	of	ADP	_	70 children	case
70	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	68 birth	nmod
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 anxious	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the King and the Queen				anxious property	tree rules
2	have	to-infinitive	the King and the Queen not said here	children of King's own				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient
3	perpetuate	to-infinitive	the King and the Queen not said here	the fine breed				vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent breed=Patient
4	represent	participle		the fine breed not said here			by the mare and the dog	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
5	post	past	the King	a notice		dog's kingdom		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme
6	offer	gerund	the King not said here	a large reward			to any Lama or other holy personage and dog's horse and dog; the birth of children obj	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent reward=Goal birth=Theme
7	secure	could	other holy personage		dog			vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Patient

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 Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 2

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Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 2