Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 59
When the ruler of the other country heard this message he considered it wiser at once to make a treaty of peace, as he could not hope to defeat the warriors and wild beasts of a country whose Mice had shown such skill and courage.
Who acts: ruler, King, Mice · What happens: hear, consider, make, not hope, defeat, show · To what, where: message, ruler, treaty, warriors, such skill
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 (ruler, 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 heard | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ruler | det |
| 3 | ruler | ruler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 heard | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 country | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 country | det |
| 6 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 country | amod |
| 7 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ruler | nmod |
| 8 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 message | det |
| 10 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 heard | obj |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 considered | nsubj |
| 12 | considered | consider | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 message | acl:relcl |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 considered | obj |
| 14 | wiser | wise | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 12 considered | xcomp |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 once | case |
| 16 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 8 heard | obl |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 make | mark |
| 18 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 heard | advcl |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 treaty | det |
| 20 | treaty | treaty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 make | obj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 peace | case |
| 22 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 treaty | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 hope | punct |
| 24 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 28 hope | mark |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 hope | nsubj |
| 26 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 hope | aux |
| 27 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 28 hope | advmod |
| 28 | hope | hope | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 make | conj |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 defeat | mark |
| 30 | defeat | defeat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 hope | xcomp |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 warriors | det |
| 32 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 defeat | obj |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 beasts | cc |
| 34 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 beasts | amod |
| 35 | beasts | beast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 warriors | conj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 country | case |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 country | det |
| 38 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 beasts | nmod |
| 39 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 40 Mice | nmod:poss |
| 40 | Mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 shown | nsubj |
| 41 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 shown | aux |
| 42 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 38 country | acl:relcl |
| 43 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 skill | amod |
| 44 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 shown | obj |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 courage | cc |
| 46 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 skill | conj |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 heard | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | the ruler of the other country | this message | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer message=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | consider | past | King | ruler | wise property | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute | |||
| 3 | make | to-infinitive | the ruler of the other country not said here | a treaty of peace | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset treaty=Product | ||||
| 4 | not hope | could | King | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | defeat not said to happen | to-infinitive | King not said here | the warriors and wild beasts of a country | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | show | past · perfect | Mice | such skill and courage | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent skill=Recipient |
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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