Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 51

In fact, they attacked fiercely anything upon which their teeth could make an impression, and tents, stores, grain, and provisions of all kinds were soon reduced to shreds or scattered in confusion in every direction; and after a couple of hours’ work they all collected upon the river bank, and, embarking again on their sticks, they sailed quietly over to their own shore without having been detected by the enemy, or even having caused any alarm.

Who acts: others, teeth, enemy, kinds, hours · What happens: attack, make, reduce, scatter, collect, embark · To what, where: anything, fact, impression, provisions, shreds, confusion

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 (others, teeth, enemy, kinds), 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 fact	case
2	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attacked	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 fact	punct
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 attacked	nsubj
5	attacked	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	fiercely	fiercely	ADV	_	7 anything	advmod
7	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 attacked	obj
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 make	obl
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 teeth	nmod:poss
11	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 make	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 make	aux
13	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 anything	acl:relcl
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 impression	det
15	impression	impression	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 make	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 tents	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 tents	cc
18	tents	tent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 attacked	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 stores	punct
20	stores	store	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 tents	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 grain	punct
22	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 tents	conj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 reduced	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 reduced	cc
25	provisions	provision	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 reduced	nsubj:pass
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 kinds	case
27	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	28 kinds	det
28	kinds	kind	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 provisions	nmod
29	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 reduced	aux:pass
30	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	31 reduced	advmod
31	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 attacked	parataxis
32	to	to	ADP	_	33 shreds	case
33	shreds	shred	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 reduced	obl
34	or	or	CCONJ	_	35 scattered	cc
35	scattered	scatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	31 reduced	conj
36	in	in	ADP	_	37 confusion	case
37	confusion	confusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 scattered	obl
38	in	in	ADP	_	40 direction	case
39	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	40 direction	det
40	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 scattered	obl
41	;	;	PUNCT	_	52 collected	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 collected	cc
43	after	after	ADP	_	45 couple	case
44	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 couple	det
45	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 collected	obl
46	of	of	ADP	_	49 work	case
47	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 work	nmod:poss
48	’	's	PART	_	47 hours	case
49	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 couple	nmod
50	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 collected	nsubj
51	all	all	ADV	_	52 collected	advmod
52	collected	collect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 attacked	parataxis
53	upon	upon	ADP	_	56 bank	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 bank	det
55	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 bank	compound
56	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 collected	obl
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 embarking	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 embarking	cc
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 embarking	punct
60	embarking	embark	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	52 collected	advcl
61	again	again	ADV	_	60 embarking	advmod
62	on	on	ADP	_	64 sticks	case
63	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	64 sticks	nmod:poss
64	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 embarking	obl
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 sailed	punct
66	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 sailed	nsubj
67	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 attacked	conj
68	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	69 over	advmod
69	over	over	ADV	_	67 sailed	advmod
70	to	to	ADP	_	73 shore	case
71	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	73 shore	nmod:poss
72	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 shore	amod
73	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 sailed	obl
74	without	without	SCONJ	_	77 detected	mark
75	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	77 detected	aux
76	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	77 detected	aux:pass
77	detected	detect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	67 sailed	advcl
78	by	by	ADP	_	80 enemy	case
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 enemy	det
80	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 detected	obl
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 caused	punct
82	or	or	CCONJ	_	85 caused	cc
83	even	even	ADV	_	84 having	advmod
84	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	85 caused	aux
85	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	67 sailed	parataxis
86	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	87 alarm	det
87	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 caused	obj
88	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 attacked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	past	others = other	anything	fact		tents and stores and grain obl	vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient
2	make	could	others's teeth	a impression			which obl	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset impression=Product
3	reduce	past · passive		provisions of all kinds			to shreds goal; soon property	vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient to shred=Goal
4	scatter	participle			confusion		in every direction	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in confusion=Destination
5	collect	past	others = other			after a couple of hours's work	upon the river bank; all property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
6	embark	gerund	others = other not said here		others's sticks	again		tree rules
7	sail	past	others = other		others's own shore		over property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to shore=Trajectory
8	detect	gerund · perfect · passive	the enemy					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
9	cause	gerund · perfect		any alarm				vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition alarm=Patient
10	provide		all kinds					nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent
11	work		hours					nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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 51

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Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 51