Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 20

After some consideration they decided that it would not be advisable to part with the eldest son, as he was heir to the throne, nor with the second, who would have to succeed to the kingdom should any accident or mischance befall his elder brother; so they resolved to send the youngest son, and with him the youngest horse and the youngest dog.

Who acts: King, consideration, dog, accident · What happens: decide, not be, be, have, succeed, befall · To what, where: elder brother, youngest son

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, consideration, dog, accident), 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	After	after	ADP	_	3 consideration	case
2	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 consideration	det
3	consideration	consideration	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 decided	obl
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 decided	nsubj
5	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 advisable	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 advisable	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 advisable	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 advisable	advmod
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 advisable	cop
11	advisable	advisable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 decided	ccomp
12	to	to	PART	_	13 part	mark
13	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 advisable	advcl
14	with	with	ADP	_	17 son	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 son	det
16	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 son	amod
17	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 part	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 heir	punct
19	as	as	ADP	_	22 heir	case
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 heir	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 heir	cop
22	heir	heir	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 advisable	conj
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 throne	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 throne	det
25	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 heir	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 second	punct
27	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	30 second	cc
28	with	with	ADP	_	30 second	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 second	det
30	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 decided	conj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 have	punct
32	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	34 have	nsubj
33	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	34 have	aux
34	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 second	parataxis
35	to	to	PART	_	36 succeed	mark
36	succeed	succeed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 have	xcomp
37	to	to	ADP	_	39 kingdom	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 kingdom	det
39	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 succeed	obl
40	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	45 befall	aux
41	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	42 accident	det
42	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 befall	nsubj
43	or	or	CCONJ	_	44 mischance	cc
44	mischance	mischance	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 accident	conj
45	befall	befall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 have	conj
46	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 brother	nmod:poss
47	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 brother	amod
48	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 befall	obj
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	52 resolved	punct
50	so	so	ADV	_	52 resolved	advmod
51	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 resolved	nsubj
52	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 decided	conj
53	to	to	PART	_	54 send	mark
54	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 resolved	xcomp
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 son	det
56	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	57 son	amod
57	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 send	obj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 him	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 him	cc
60	with	with	ADP	_	61 him	case
61	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 resolved	parataxis
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 horse	det
63	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	64 horse	amod
64	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 him	conj
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 dog	cc
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 dog	det
67	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	68 dog	amod
68	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 horse	conj
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 decided	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	decide	past	King		after some consideration		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is	would	consideration			part with the eldest son advcl; advisable property	tree rules
3	is	past	dog			as heir; to the throne	tree rules
4	have	would				who nsubj	tree rules
5	succeed	to-infinitive				to the kingdom	vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	befall	should	any accident or mischance	dog's elder brother			tree rules
7	resolve	past	King			dog parataxis	tree rules
8	send	to-infinitive	King not said here	the youngest son			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme

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 20

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Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 20