Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Lama’s Servant., sentence 66
When Rin-dzin caught sight of the Thief, he first thought that he would at once go up to him and demand his share of the gold, but on second thoughts he remembered that while he himself was unarmed, the thief possessed both a sword and a musket, so that if it came to a quarrel between them he would probably get the worst of it.
Who acts: Rin dzin, dzin, thief, share · What happens: catch, think, go up, demand, remember, be · To what, where: sight, thief, share, second thoughts, sword, quarrel · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Lama’s Servant.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rin dzin, dzin, thief, share), 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 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 5 caught | mark |
| 2 | Rin | Rin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 dzin | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 Rin | punct |
| 4 | dzin | dzin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 caught | nsubj |
| 5 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 thought | advcl |
| 6 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 caught | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Thief | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Thief | det |
| 9 | Thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sight | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 caught | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 thought | nsubj |
| 12 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 13 thought | advmod |
| 13 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 19 go | mark |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 go | nsubj |
| 16 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 go | aux |
| 17 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 once | case |
| 18 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 19 go | obl |
| 19 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 thought | ccomp |
| 20 | up | up | ADP | _ | 19 go | compound:prt |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 him | case |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 go | obl |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 demand | cc |
| 24 | demand | demand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 go | conj |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 share | nmod:poss |
| 26 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 demand | obj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 gold | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 gold | det |
| 29 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 share | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 remembered | punct |
| 31 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 36 remembered | cc |
| 32 | on | on | ADP | _ | 34 thoughts | case |
| 33 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 34 thoughts | amod |
| 34 | thoughts | thought | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 remembered | obl |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 remembered | nsubj |
| 36 | remembered | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 thought | conj |
| 37 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 46 possessed | mark |
| 38 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 42 unarmed | mark |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 unarmed | nsubj |
| 40 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 39 he | nmod:unmarked |
| 41 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 unarmed | cop |
| 42 | unarmed | unarmed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 possessed | advcl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 unarmed | punct |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 thief | det |
| 45 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 possessed | nsubj |
| 46 | possessed | possess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 remembered | ccomp |
| 47 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 49 sword | cc:preconj |
| 48 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 sword | det |
| 49 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 possessed | obj |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 musket | cc |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 musket | det |
| 52 | musket | musket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 sword | conj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 get | punct |
| 54 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 67 get | mark |
| 55 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 67 get | mark |
| 56 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 58 came | mark |
| 57 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 came | nsubj |
| 58 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 67 get | advcl |
| 59 | to | to | ADP | _ | 61 quarrel | case |
| 60 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 61 quarrel | det |
| 61 | quarrel | quarrel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 came | obl |
| 62 | between | between | ADP | _ | 63 them | case |
| 63 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 quarrel | nmod |
| 64 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 67 get | nsubj |
| 65 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 67 get | aux |
| 66 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 67 get | advmod |
| 67 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 possessed | conj |
| 68 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 69 worst | det |
| 69 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 67 get | obj |
| 70 | of | of | ADP | _ | 71 it | case |
| 71 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 69 worst | obl |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 thought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | participle | Rin dzin | sight of the Thief | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | dzin | first property | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | go up | would | dzin | thief | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 4 | demand speech: request | infinitive | dzin not said here | dzin's share of the gold | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme share=Precondition | ||||
| 5 | remember | past | dzin | second thoughts | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 6 | is | past | dzin | unarmed property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | possess | past | the thief | a sword and a musket | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sword=Theme | ||||
| 8 | come a condition, not said to happen | past | share | a quarrel between sword | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to quarrel=Initial_Location | ||||
| 9 | get | would | dzin | the worst of share | probably property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bad=Stimulus | |||
| 10 | sight | the Thief | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 11 | share | dzin | the gold | nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent of=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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