Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 57
And, in accordance with the bargain they had made, he at once had a strong embankment constructed all down his own side of the river to guard against floods, and he issued an edict forbidding all persons, on pain of death, to keep a cat of any kind henceforth within the frontiers of his country, and so the Mice lived securely and happily ever afterwards.
Who acts: men, accordance, strong embankment, edict, Mice · What happens: make, have, construct, guard, issue, forbid · To what, where: bargain, edict, pain, persons, cat, death
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 (men, accordance, strong embankment, edict), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 had | cc |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 accordance | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 accordance | case |
| 4 | accordance | accordance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 had | nsubj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 bargain | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bargain | det |
| 7 | bargain | bargain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 accordance | nmod |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 made | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 made | aux |
| 10 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 bargain | acl:relcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 accordance | punct |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 had | nsubj |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 once | case |
| 14 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 15 had | obl |
| 15 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 constructed | advcl |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 embankment | det |
| 17 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 embankment | amod |
| 18 | embankment | embankment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 constructed | nsubj |
| 19 | constructed | construct | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | all | all | ADV | _ | 24 side | advmod |
| 21 | down | down | ADP | _ | 24 side | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 side | nmod:poss |
| 23 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 side | amod |
| 24 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 constructed | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 river | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 river | det |
| 27 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 side | nmod |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 guard | mark |
| 29 | guard | guard | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 constructed | advcl |
| 30 | against | against | ADP | _ | 31 floods | case |
| 31 | floods | flood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 guard | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 issued | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 issued | cc |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 issued | nsubj |
| 35 | issued | issue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 constructed | conj |
| 36 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 edict | det |
| 37 | edict | edict | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 issued | obj |
| 38 | forbidding | forbid | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 37 edict | acl |
| 39 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 40 persons | det |
| 40 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 forbidding | obj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 pain | punct |
| 42 | on | on | ADP | _ | 43 pain | case |
| 43 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 issued | obl |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 death | case |
| 45 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 pain | nmod |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 keep | punct |
| 47 | to | to | PART | _ | 48 keep | mark |
| 48 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 issued | advcl |
| 49 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 cat | det |
| 50 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 keep | obj |
| 51 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 53 kind | mark |
| 52 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 53 kind | det |
| 53 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 cat | acl |
| 54 | henceforth | henceforth | ADV | _ | 53 kind | advmod |
| 55 | within | within | ADP | _ | 57 frontiers | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 frontiers | det |
| 57 | frontiers | frontier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 kind | obl |
| 58 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 country | case |
| 59 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 country | nmod:poss |
| 60 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 frontiers | nmod |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 lived | punct |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 lived | cc |
| 63 | so | so | ADV | _ | 66 lived | advmod |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 Mice | det |
| 65 | Mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 66 lived | nsubj |
| 66 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 constructed | conj |
| 67 | securely | securely | ADV | _ | 66 lived | advmod |
| 68 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 69 happily | cc |
| 69 | happily | happily | ADV | _ | 67 securely | conj |
| 70 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 71 afterwards | advmod |
| 71 | afterwards | afterwards | ADV | _ | 66 lived | advmod |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 constructed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · perfect | men = man | the bargain not said here | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bargain=Product | ||||
| 2 | have | past | accordance with the bargain | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | construct | past | a strong embankment | down embankment's own side of the river | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | guard | to-infinitive | a strong embankment not said here | against floods | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent against flood=Theme | ||||
| 5 | issue | past | accordance | a edict | pain of death | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location edict=Theme | |||
| 6 | forbid | gerund | a edict not said here | all persons | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer person=Theme | ||||
| 7 | keep | to-infinitive | accordance not said here | a cat | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme | ||||
| 8 | live | past | the Mice | ever | afterwards, securely property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 9 | pain | death | nom pain «state transitive»: of=patient |
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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