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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

detobl:unmarkeddetapposcasedetnsubjdet:predetnmod:possobjadvmodpunctcccasedetoblcaseamodnmodcasenmodnsubjparataxisdetobjpunctccdetnsubjconjcompound:prtadvmodamodobjmarknsubjauxadvclcasenmod:possoblpunctcasenmod:possoblpunctccparataxiscompound:prtcasenmod:possoblpunctccadvmodnsubjauxadvmodparataxisdetnsubjcopparataxispunctccadvmoddetamodnsubj:passcasenmodaux:passconjpunctrootThatDETnightNOUNtheDETKingPROPNofADPtheDETMiceNOUNsummonedVERBallDEThisPRONsubjectsNOUNtogetherADV,PUNCTandCCONJtoADPtheDETnumberNOUNofADPmanyADJhundredsNOUNofADPthousandsNOUNtheyPRONinvadedVERBtheDETbarnNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJeachDEToneNOUNpickedVERBupADPasADVmuchADJgrainNOUNasSCONJhePRONcouldAUXcarryVERBinADPhisPRONmouthNOUN,PUNCTonADPhisPRONbackNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJcurledVERBupADPinADPhisPRONtailNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwhenADVtheyPRONhadAUXallADVfinishedVERBtheDETbarnNOUNwasAUXemptyADJ,PUNCTandCCONJnotPARTaDETsingleADJgrainNOUNofADPbarleyNOUNwasAUXleftVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem2 nightdet
2nightnightNOUNNumber=Sing8 summonedobl:unmarked
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 Kingdet
4KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing2 nightappos
5ofofADP_7 Micecase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 Micedet
7MicemouseNOUNNumber=Plur8 summonednsubj
8summonedsummonVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9allallDETPronType=Tot11 subjectsdet:predet
10hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 subjectsnmod:poss
11subjectssubjectNOUNNumber=Plur8 summonedobj
12togethertogetherADV_8 summonedadvmod
13,,PUNCT_24 invadedpunct
14andandCCONJ_24 invadedcc
15totoADP_17 numbercase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 numberdet
17numbernumberNOUNNumber=Sing24 invadedobl
18ofofADP_20 hundredscase
19manymanyADJDegree=Pos20 hundredsamod
20hundredshundredNOUNNumber=Plur17 numbernmod
21ofofADP_22 thousandscase
22thousandsthousandNOUNNumber=Plur20 hundredsnmod
23theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs24 invadednsubj
24invadedinvadeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 summonedparataxis
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 barndet
26barnbarnNOUNNumber=Sing24 invadedobj
27,,PUNCT_31 pickedpunct
28andandCCONJ_31 pickedcc
29eacheachDETPronType=Tot30 onedet
30oneoneNOUNNumber=Sing31 pickednsubj
31pickedpickVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass24 invadedconj
32upupADP_31 pickedcompound:prt
33asasADV_34 muchadvmod
34muchmuchADJDegree=Pos35 grainamod
35graingrainNOUNNumber=Sing31 pickedobj
36asasSCONJ_39 carrymark
37hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs39 carrynsubj
38couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin39 carryaux
39carrycarryVERBVerbForm=Inf31 pickedadvcl
40ininADP_42 mouthcase
41hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs42 mouthnmod:poss
42mouthmouthNOUNNumber=Sing39 carryobl
43,,PUNCT_46 backpunct
44ononADP_46 backcase
45hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs46 backnmod:poss
46backbackNOUNNumber=Sing39 carryobl
47,,PUNCT_49 curledpunct
48andandCCONJ_49 curledcc
49curledcurlVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass8 summonedparataxis
50upupADP_49 curledcompound:prt
51ininADP_53 tailcase
52hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs53 tailnmod:poss
53tailtailNOUNNumber=Sing49 curledobl
54,,PUNCT_60 finishedpunct
55andandCCONJ_60 finishedcc
56whenwhenADVPronType=Int60 finishedadvmod
57theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs60 finishednsubj
58hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin60 finishedaux
59allallADV_60 finishedadvmod
60finishedfinishVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part8 summonedparataxis
61thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art62 barndet
62barnbarnNOUNNumber=Sing64 emptynsubj
63wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin64 emptycop
64emptyemptyADJDegree=Pos60 finishedparataxis
65,,PUNCT_74 leftpunct
66andandCCONJ_74 leftcc
67notnotPARTPolarity=Neg70 grainadvmod
68aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art70 graindet
69singlesingleADJDegree=Pos70 grainamod
70graingrainNOUNNumber=Sing74 leftnsubj:pass
71ofofADP_72 barleycase
72barleybarleyNOUNNumber=Sing70 grainnmod
73wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin74 leftaux:pass
74leftleaveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass8 summonedconj
75..PUNCT_8 summonedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1summonpastthe MiceKing's subjectsnighttogether propertyvn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2invadepastMice = mousethe barnto the number of many hundreds of thousandstree rules
3pick upparticipleeach onemuch grainvn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Topic
4carrycouldKingKing's mouthon King's backvn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in mouth=Location
5curl upparticipleKing's tailvn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme
6finishpast · perfectMice = mouseall propertyvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
7ispastthe barnempty propertytree rules
8leavepast · passivea single grain of barleyvn 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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