Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 58

And in order to insure against any more attempts at invasion from the side of the neighbouring kingdom, the King sent a herald across the river to the ruler of that country, to say that, on this occasion, he had only considered it worth while to employ his Mice to defeat his enemies; but that if he was again threatened, he was ready to employ first all the domestic animals of the country; and if they did not succeed, he would have to have recourse to the wild beasts; and in the event of their failing, he was prepared to come himself with his warriors in order to produce the desired results.

Who acts: King, Mice · What happens: insure, neighbour, send, say, consider, employ · To what, where: side, herald, river, that, occasion, country · 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, 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	5 insure	cc
2	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	5 insure	mark
3	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 in	fixed
4	to	to	PART	_	5 insure	mark
5	insure	insure	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	against	against	ADP	_	9 attempts	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 attempts	det
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 attempts	amod
9	attempts	attempt	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 insure	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 invasion	case
11	invasion	invasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attempts	nmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 side	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 side	det
14	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 insure	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 kingdom	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 kingdom	det
17	neighbouring	neighbour	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 kingdom	amod
18	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 side	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 sent	punct
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 King	det
21	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 sent	nsubj
22	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 insure	parataxis
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 herald	det
24	herald	herald	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 sent	obj
25	across	across	ADP	_	27 river	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 river	det
27	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 sent	obl
28	to	to	ADP	_	30 ruler	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 ruler	det
30	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 sent	obl
31	of	of	ADP	_	33 country	case
32	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	33 country	det
33	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 ruler	nmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 say	punct
35	to	to	PART	_	36 say	mark
36	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 insure	parataxis
37	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	36 say	obj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 occasion	punct
39	on	on	ADP	_	41 occasion	case
40	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	41 occasion	det
41	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 say	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 considered	punct
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 considered	nsubj
44	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 considered	aux
45	only	only	ADV	_	46 considered	advmod
46	considered	consider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	36 say	advcl
47	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 considered	obj
48	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 considered	xcomp
49	while	while	SCONJ	_	51 employ	mark
50	to	to	PART	_	51 employ	mark
51	employ	employ	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 considered	xcomp
52	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 Mice	nmod:poss
53	Mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 employ	obj
54	to	to	PART	_	55 defeat	mark
55	defeat	defeat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 employ	advcl
56	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 enemies	nmod:poss
57	enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 defeat	obj
58	;	;	PUNCT	_	69 ready	punct
59	but	but	CCONJ	_	69 ready	cc
60	that	that	SCONJ	_	65 threatened	mark
61	if	if	SCONJ	_	65 threatened	mark
62	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 threatened	nsubj:pass
63	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 threatened	aux:pass
64	again	again	ADV	_	65 threatened	advmod
65	threatened	threaten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	69 ready	advcl
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 threatened	punct
67	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 ready	nsubj
68	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 ready	cop
69	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 insure	conj
70	to	to	PART	_	71 employ	mark
71	employ	employ	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	69 ready	xcomp
72	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	71 employ	advmod
73	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	76 animals	det:predet
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 animals	det
75	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	76 animals	amod
76	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 employ	obj
77	of	of	ADP	_	79 country	case
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 country	det
79	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 animals	nmod
80	;	;	PUNCT	_	90 have	punct
81	and	and	CCONJ	_	90 have	cc
82	if	if	SCONJ	_	86 succeed	mark
83	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	86 succeed	nsubj
84	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	86 succeed	aux
85	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	86 succeed	advmod
86	succeed	succeed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	90 have	advcl
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 succeed	punct
88	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	90 have	nsubj
89	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	90 have	aux
90	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 insure	conj
91	to	to	PART	_	92 have	mark
92	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	90 have	xcomp
93	recourse	recourse	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 have	obj
94	to	to	ADP	_	97 beasts	case
95	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	97 beasts	det
96	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	97 beasts	amod
97	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	93 recourse	nmod
98	;	;	PUNCT	_	109 prepared	punct
99	and	and	CCONJ	_	109 prepared	cc
100	in	in	ADP	_	102 event	case
101	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	102 event	det
102	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	109 prepared	obl
103	of	of	ADP	_	105 failing	case
104	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	105 failing	nmod:poss
105	failing	failing	NOUN	Number=Sing	102 event	nmod
106	,	,	PUNCT	_	102 event	punct
107	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	109 prepared	nsubj
108	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	109 prepared	cop
109	prepared	prepared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 insure	parataxis
110	to	to	PART	_	111 come	mark
111	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	109 prepared	xcomp
112	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	111 come	obj
113	with	with	ADP	_	115 warriors	case
114	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	115 warriors	nmod:poss
115	warriors	warrior	NOUN	Number=Plur	111 come	obl
116	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	119 produce	mark
117	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	116 in	fixed
118	to	to	PART	_	119 produce	mark
119	produce	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	111 come	advcl
120	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	122 results	det
121	desired	desire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	122 results	amod
122	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	119 produce	obj
123	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 insure	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	insure	to-infinitive			the side of the neighbouring kingdom		against any more attempts at invasion	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent against attempt=Theme
2	neighbour	gerund						tree rules
3	send	past	the King	a herald	the river		to the ruler of that country	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent herald=Theme to ruler=Destination
4	say speech: assert	to-infinitive		that	this occasion			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic
5	consider	past · perfect	King	country			worth property	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme
6	employ	to-infinitive	King not said here	King's Mice				vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme
7	defeat	to-infinitive	King not said here	King's enemies				tree rules
8	threaten a condition, not said to happen	past · passive		King		again		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
9	is	past	King				ready property	tree rules
10	employ	to-infinitive	King not said here	all domestic animals of the country			first property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme
11	not succeed a condition, not said to happen	past · do-support	Mice = mouse					vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	have	would	King					tree rules
13	have	to-infinitive	King not said here	recourse			to the wild beasts	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recourse=Patient
14	is	past	King		the event of Mice's failing		prepared property	tree rules
15	come	to-infinitive	King not said here	King			with King's warriors	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location himself=Theme
16	produce	to-infinitive	King not said here	the desired results				vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Result
17	desire	participle						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
18	fail		Mice = mouse					nom failing «state transitive»: 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 58

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Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 58