Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 44

The Prince told her the whole story of his miraculous birth through the magic of the holy Lama, and how he was condemned to serve the Lama as his servant through the agreement which the King his father had made, and how he had carried out the two tasks which the Lama had given him that day.

Who acts: Prince, Scarcely · What happens: tell, condemn, serve, make, carry out, give · To what, where: whole story, goat, Scarcely, Lama, agreement, King · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Prince, Scarcely), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Prince	det
2	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	iobj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 story	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 story	amod
7	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 birth	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 birth	nmod:poss
10	miraculous	miraculous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 birth	amod
11	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 story	nmod
12	through	through	ADP	_	14 magic	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 magic	det
14	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 birth	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 Lama	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Lama	det
17	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 Lama	amod
18	Lama	Lama	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 magic	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 condemned	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 condemned	cc
21	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	24 condemned	advmod
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 condemned	nsubj
23	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 condemned	aux:pass
24	condemned	condemn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 told	parataxis
25	to	to	PART	_	26 serve	mark
26	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 condemned	advcl
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 Lama	det
28	Lama	Lama	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 serve	obj
29	as	as	ADP	_	31 servant	case
30	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 servant	nmod:poss
31	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 serve	obl
32	through	through	ADP	_	34 agreement	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 agreement	det
34	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 serve	obl
35	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	41 made	obj
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 King	det
37	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 made	nsubj:pass
38	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 father	nmod:poss
39	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 made	nsubj
40	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 made	aux
41	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	34 agreement	acl:relcl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 carried	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 carried	cc
44	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	47 carried	advmod
45	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 carried	nsubj
46	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 carried	aux
47	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 told	parataxis
48	out	out	ADP	_	47 carried	compound:prt
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 tasks	det
50	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	51 tasks	nummod
51	tasks	task	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 carried	obj
52	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	56 given	obj
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 Lama	det
54	Lama	Lama	PROPN	Number=Sing	56 given	nsubj:pass
55	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 given	aux
56	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	51 tasks	acl:relcl
57	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 given	iobj
58	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	59 day	det
59	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 given	obl:unmarked
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 told	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the Prince	the whole story of Scarcely's miraculous birth through the magic of the holy Lama	goat				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient story=Topic
2	condemn	past · passive		Scarcely					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	serve	to-infinitive		the Lama		the agreement		as Scarcely's servant	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent lama=Duration as servant=Attribute
4	make	past · perfect · passive		the King				the agreement obj; Scarcely's father nsubj	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary which=Product
5	carry out	past · perfect	Scarcely	the two tasks					vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Eventuality
6	give	past · perfect · passive		the Lama	Scarcely		day	the two tasks obj	tree rules

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 44