Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 56
When the King of the country of the Mice saw what had happened he was greatly elated, and, sending for the King of the Mice, he thanked him very sincerely for his good offices.
Who acts: King · What happens: see, happen, elate, send, thank · To what, where: King, army · 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 (King), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 saw | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 country | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 country | det |
| 6 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 King | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Mice | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Mice | det |
| 9 | Mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 country | nmod |
| 10 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 thanked | advcl |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 13 happened | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 happened | aux |
| 13 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 saw | ccomp |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 elated | nsubj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 elated | aux:pass |
| 16 | greatly | greatly | ADV | _ | 17 elated | advmod |
| 17 | elated | elate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 happened | advcl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 sending | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 sending | cc |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 sending | punct |
| 21 | sending | send | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 saw | conj |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 24 King | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 King | det |
| 24 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 sending | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 Mice | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 Mice | det |
| 27 | Mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 sending | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 saw | punct |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 thanked | nsubj |
| 30 | thanked | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 31 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 thanked | obj |
| 32 | very | very | ADV | _ | 33 sincerely | advmod |
| 33 | sincerely | sincerely | ADV | _ | 30 thanked | advmod |
| 34 | for | for | ADP | _ | 37 offices | case |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 offices | nmod:poss |
| 36 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 offices | amod |
| 37 | offices | office | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 sincerely | obl |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 30 thanked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the King of the country of the Mice | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | happen | past · perfect | what nsubj | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | elate | past · passive | King | greatly property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | send | gerund | the King of the country of the Mice not said here | for the King; of the Mice | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of mouse=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | thank speech: thank | past | King | army | sincerely property | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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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