Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 31
“Do you remember, Oh King!” replied the Mouse, “that on the last occasion I was here you doubted our ability to carry away the grain you had given us, or to repay you the loan?
Who acts: you, Mouse, that · What happens: remember, reply, be, doubt, carry away, give · To what, where: King, last occasion, ability, grain, us, you · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (you, Mouse, that), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 remember | punct |
| 2 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 remember | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 remember | nsubj |
| 4 | remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 replied | ccomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 King | punct |
| 6 | Oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 7 King | discourse |
| 7 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 remember | obj |
| 8 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 King | punct |
| 9 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 remember | punct |
| 10 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Mouse | det |
| 12 | Mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 replied | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 doubted | punct |
| 14 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 doubted | punct |
| 15 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 24 doubted | nsubj |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 occasion | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 occasion | det |
| 18 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 occasion | amod |
| 19 | occasion | occasion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 doubted | obl |
| 20 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 here | nsubj |
| 21 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 here | cop |
| 22 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 19 occasion | acl:relcl |
| 23 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 24 doubted | nsubj |
| 24 | doubted | doubt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 replied | parataxis |
| 25 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 ability | nmod:poss |
| 26 | ability | ability | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 doubted | obj |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 carry | mark |
| 28 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 ability | acl |
| 29 | away | away | ADP | _ | 28 carry | compound:prt |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 grain | det |
| 31 | grain | grain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 carry | obj |
| 32 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 34 given | nsubj |
| 33 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 given | aux |
| 34 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 grain | acl |
| 35 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 given | iobj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 repay | punct |
| 37 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 39 repay | cc |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 repay | mark |
| 39 | repay | repay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 doubted | conj |
| 40 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 39 repay | obj |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 loan | det |
| 42 | loan | loan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 repay | obj |
| 43 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 replied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember in a quote | present · do-support | you | King | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent king=Theme | ||||
| 2 | reply speech: express | past | the Mouse | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | past | the Mouse = mouse | the last occasion not said here | here property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | doubt in a quote | past | that | our ability | the last occasion | you nsubj | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ability=Theme | ||
| 5 | carry away in a quote | to-infinitive | that not said here | the grain | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Theme | ||||
| 6 | give in a quote | past · perfect | you | the grain not said here | us | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | |||
| 7 | repay in a quote | to-infinitive | that not said here | you | the loan obj | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient loan=Asset |
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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