Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 26
The last time I was here you did me and my people a great favour, for which we shall ever be grateful, and if it is now in our power to assist you in any way, we shall be very glad to do our best.”
Who acts: I, you, we, favour · What happens: be, do, assist · To what, where: last time, me, power, you, way, best
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 (I, you, we, favour), 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 | 3 time | det |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 time | amod |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 did | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 here | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 here | cop |
| 6 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 time | acl:relcl |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 did | nsubj |
| 8 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 did | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 people | cc |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 people | nmod:poss |
| 12 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 me | conj |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 favour | det |
| 14 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 favour | amod |
| 15 | favour | favour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 did | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 grateful | punct |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 which | case |
| 18 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 grateful | obl |
| 19 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 grateful | nsubj |
| 20 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 grateful | aux |
| 21 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 23 grateful | advmod |
| 22 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 23 grateful | cop |
| 23 | grateful | grateful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 did | parataxis |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 power | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 power | cc |
| 26 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 32 power | mark |
| 27 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 power | nsubj |
| 28 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 power | cop |
| 29 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 32 power | advmod |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 power | case |
| 31 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 power | nmod:poss |
| 32 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 grateful | conj |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 34 assist | mark |
| 34 | assist | assist | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 power | acl |
| 35 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 34 assist | obj |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 way | case |
| 37 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 38 way | det |
| 38 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 assist | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 glad | punct |
| 40 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 44 glad | nsubj |
| 41 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 glad | aux |
| 42 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 44 glad | cop |
| 43 | very | very | ADV | _ | 44 glad | advmod |
| 44 | glad | glad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 grateful | conj |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 do | mark |
| 46 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 glad | xcomp |
| 47 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 best | nmod:poss |
| 48 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 46 do | obj |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 grateful | punct |
| 50 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 did | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | I | the last time not said here | here property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | do | past | you | me | time | a great favour obj | tree rules | ||
| 3 | is | shall | we | ever | which obl; grateful property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | favour | our power | now | our nmod:poss | tree rules | ||
| 5 | assist | to-infinitive | we not said here | you | any way | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | |||
| 6 | is | shall | we | glad property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | do | to-infinitive | we not said here | our best | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality |
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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