Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 19
That night the King of the Mice summoned all his subjects together, and to the number of many hundreds of thousands they invaded the barn, and each one picked up as much grain as he could carry in his mouth, on his back, and curled up in his tail, and when they had all finished the barn was empty, and not a single grain of barley was left.
Who acts: Mice, one, King, barn · What happens: summon, invade, pick up, carry, curl up, finish · To what, where: subjects, barn, much grain, mouth, tail, single grain
This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Country of the Mice.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mice, one, King, barn), 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 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 night | det |
| 2 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 summoned | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 night | appos |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Mice | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Mice | det |
| 7 | Mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 summoned | nsubj |
| 8 | summoned | summon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 subjects | det:predet |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 subjects | nmod:poss |
| 11 | subjects | subject | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 summoned | obj |
| 12 | together | together | ADV | _ | 8 summoned | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 invaded | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 invaded | cc |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 number | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 number | det |
| 17 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 invaded | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 hundreds | case |
| 19 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 hundreds | amod |
| 20 | hundreds | hundred | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 number | nmod |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 thousands | case |
| 22 | thousands | thousand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 hundreds | nmod |
| 23 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 invaded | nsubj |
| 24 | invaded | invade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 summoned | parataxis |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 barn | det |
| 26 | barn | barn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 invaded | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 picked | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 picked | cc |
| 29 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 30 one | det |
| 30 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 picked | nsubj |
| 31 | picked | pick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 invaded | conj |
| 32 | up | up | ADP | _ | 31 picked | compound:prt |
| 33 | as | as | ADV | _ | 34 much | advmod |
| 34 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 grain | amod |
| 35 | grain | grain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 picked | obj |
| 36 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 39 carry | mark |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 carry | nsubj |
| 38 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 carry | aux |
| 39 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 picked | advcl |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 mouth | case |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 42 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 carry | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 back | punct |
| 44 | on | on | ADP | _ | 46 back | case |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 back | nmod:poss |
| 46 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 carry | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 curled | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 curled | cc |
| 49 | curled | curl | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 summoned | parataxis |
| 50 | up | up | ADP | _ | 49 curled | compound:prt |
| 51 | in | in | ADP | _ | 53 tail | case |
| 52 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 tail | nmod:poss |
| 53 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 curled | obl |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 finished | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 finished | cc |
| 56 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 60 finished | advmod |
| 57 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 finished | nsubj |
| 58 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 60 finished | aux |
| 59 | all | all | ADV | _ | 60 finished | advmod |
| 60 | finished | finish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 summoned | parataxis |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 barn | det |
| 62 | barn | barn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 empty | nsubj |
| 63 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 64 empty | cop |
| 64 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 finished | parataxis |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 74 left | punct |
| 66 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 74 left | cc |
| 67 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 70 grain | advmod |
| 68 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 70 grain | det |
| 69 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 70 grain | amod |
| 70 | grain | grain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 left | nsubj:pass |
| 71 | of | of | ADP | _ | 72 barley | case |
| 72 | barley | barley | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 grain | nmod |
| 73 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 74 left | aux:pass |
| 74 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 summoned | conj |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 summoned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | summon | past | the Mice | King's subjects | night | together property | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | ||
| 2 | invade | past | Mice = mouse | the barn | to the number of many hundreds of thousands | tree rules | |||
| 3 | pick up | participle | each one | much grain | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Topic | ||||
| 4 | carry | could | King | King's mouth | on King's back | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in mouth=Location | |||
| 5 | curl up | participle | King's tail | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | finish | past · perfect | Mice = mouse | all property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 7 | is | past | the barn | empty property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | leave | past · passive | a single grain of barley | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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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