Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Stone Lion., sentence 3

The consequence was that after the death of their father the elder brother conducted most of the business of the family himself, and entirely supported his brother and his mother; whilst the younger brother, although quite willing to do his best, was not clever enough to be of any assistance in the household.

Who acts: consequence, elder brother · What happens: be, conduct, support, do, not be · To what, where: most, brother, best, household

This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Stone Lion.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (consequence, elder brother), 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 consequence	det
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 death	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 death	cop
4	that	that	ADV	_	7 death	advmod
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 death	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 death	det
7	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 father	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 father	nmod:poss
10	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 conducted	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 brother	det
12	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 brother	amod
13	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 conducted	nsubj
14	conducted	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 death	parataxis
15	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 conducted	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 business	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 business	det
18	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 most	nmod
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 family	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 family	det
21	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 business	nmod
22	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	21 family	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 supported	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 supported	cc
25	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	26 supported	advmod
26	supported	support	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 conducted	conj
27	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 brother	nmod:poss
28	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 supported	obj
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 mother	cc
30	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 mother	nmod:poss
31	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 brother	conj
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 brother	punct
33	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	36 brother	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 brother	det
35	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	36 brother	amod
36	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 death	conj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 willing	punct
38	although	although	SCONJ	_	40 willing	mark
39	quite	quite	ADV	_	40 willing	advmod
40	willing	willing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 brother	acl:relcl
41	to	to	PART	_	42 do	mark
42	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 willing	xcomp
43	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 best	nmod:poss
44	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	42 do	obj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 clever	punct
46	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 clever	cop
47	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	48 clever	advmod
48	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 brother	conj
49	enough	enough	ADV	_	48 clever	advmod
50	to	to	PART	_	54 assistance	mark
51	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	54 assistance	cop
52	of	of	ADP	_	54 assistance	case
53	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	54 assistance	det
54	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 clever	advcl
55	in	in	ADP	_	57 household	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 household	det
57	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 assistance	nmod
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 death	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the consequence			after the death and the younger brother	the younger brother conj; that property	tree rules
2	conduct	past	the elder brother	most of the business of the family himself			of death's father	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent most=Theme of father=Destination
3	support	past	the elder brother not said here	his brother and his mother			entirely property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus
4	do	to-infinitive	the consequence not said here	his best				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality
5	not is	past	the consequence not said here				clever, enough property	tree rules
6	is	to-infinitive	the consequence not said here		the household		of any assistance	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 Story of the Stone Lion., sentence 3

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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Stone Lion., sentence 3