Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 47

In accordance with instructions they had received, the Mice at once proceeded to launch these sticks on the river, and they themselves embarked upon them two or three at a time; and so, pushing off from the bank, they sailed across the river and soon landed on the opposite side.

Who acts: sticks, Mice · What happens: receive, proceed, launch, embark, push off, sail · To what, where: instructions, accordance, sticks, river, two, opposite side

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 (sticks, Mice), 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 accordance	case
2	accordance	accordance	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 proceeded	obl
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 instructions	case
4	instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 accordance	nmod
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 received	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 received	aux
7	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 instructions	acl:relcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 accordance	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Mice	det
10	Mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 proceeded	nsubj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 once	case
12	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	10 Mice	nmod
13	proceeded	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	to	to	PART	_	15 launch	mark
15	launch	launch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 proceeded	xcomp
16	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	17 sticks	det
17	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 launch	obj
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 river	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 river	det
20	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sticks	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 embarked	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 embarked	cc
23	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 embarked	nsubj
24	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	23 they	nmod:unmarked
25	embarked	embark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 proceeded	conj
26	upon	upon	ADP	_	27 them	case
27	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 embarked	obl
28	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	25 embarked	obj
29	or	or	CCONJ	_	30 three	cc
30	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	28 two	conj
31	at	at	ADP	_	33 time	case
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 time	det
33	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 three	nmod
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 so	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 so	cc
36	so	so	ADV	_	13 proceeded	conj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 pushing	punct
38	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	36 so	advcl
39	off	off	ADP	_	38 pushing	compound:prt
40	from	from	ADP	_	42 bank	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 bank	det
42	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 pushing	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 sailed	punct
44	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 sailed	nsubj
45	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 so	parataxis
46	across	across	ADP	_	48 river	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 river	det
48	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 sailed	obl
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 landed	cc
50	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	51 landed	advmod
51	landed	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 sailed	conj
52	on	on	ADP	_	55 side	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 side	det
54	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 side	amod
55	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 landed	obl
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 proceeded	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	receive	past · perfect	sticks = stick	instructions not said here			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme
2	proceed	past	the Mice		accordance with instructions		vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	launch	to-infinitive	the Mice not said here	this sticks	the river		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stick=Theme on river=Destination
4	embark	past	Mice = mouse	two		upon sticks = stick	tree rules
5	push off	gerund	the Mice not said here			from the bank	vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from bank=Co-Patient
6	sail	past	sticks = stick		the river		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across river=Trajectory
7	land	past	sticks = stick not said here		the opposite side	soon property	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on side=Destination

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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🌲 Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 47

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Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 47