Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 60
So the two countries remained on friendly terms for many years after; and the Mice, secured against flood and Cats, lived happily and safely, and received every year from the King of the country a barnful of grain as a free gift in thankful recognition of the services which they had rendered in time of need.
Who acts: Mice, two countries · What happens: remain after, secure, live, receive, render, recognize · To what, where: two countries, friendly terms, services
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 (Mice, two countries), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 24 lived | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 countries | det |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 countries | nummod |
| 4 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 lived | nsubj |
| 5 | remained | remain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 countries | acl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 terms | case |
| 7 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 terms | amod |
| 8 | terms | term | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 remained | obl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 years | case |
| 10 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 years | amod |
| 11 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 remained | obl |
| 12 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 remained | compound:prt |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 secured | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 secured | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Mice | det |
| 16 | Mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 secured | nsubj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 secured | punct |
| 18 | secured | secure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 countries | acl:relcl |
| 19 | against | against | ADP | _ | 20 flood | case |
| 20 | flood | flood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 secured | obl |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 Cats | cc |
| 22 | Cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 flood | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 countries | punct |
| 24 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 25 | happily | happily | ADV | _ | 24 lived | advmod |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 safely | cc |
| 27 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 25 happily | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 received | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 received | cc |
| 30 | received | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 lived | conj |
| 31 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 32 year | det |
| 32 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 received | obj |
| 33 | from | from | ADP | _ | 35 King | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 King | det |
| 35 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 received | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 country | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 country | det |
| 38 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 King | nmod |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 barnful | det |
| 40 | barnful | barnful | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 country | appos |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 grain | case |
| 42 | grain | grain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 barnful | nmod |
| 43 | as | as | ADP | _ | 46 gift | case |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 gift | det |
| 45 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 gift | amod |
| 46 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 barnful | nmod |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 recognition | case |
| 48 | thankful | thankful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 recognition | amod |
| 49 | recognition | recognition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 gift | nmod |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 services | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 services | det |
| 52 | services | service | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 recognition | nmod |
| 53 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 56 rendered | nsubj:pass |
| 54 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 rendered | nsubj:pass |
| 55 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 rendered | aux |
| 56 | rendered | render | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 52 services | acl:relcl |
| 57 | in | in | ADP | _ | 58 time | case |
| 58 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 rendered | obl |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 need | case |
| 60 | need | need | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 time | nmod |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 lived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remain after | participle | the two countries not said here | friendly terms | year | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on term=Location | |||
| 2 | secure | participle | the Mice | the two countries not said here | against flood and Cats | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition country=Theme | |||
| 3 | live | past | the two countries | happily property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | receive | past | the two countries not said here | year | from the King of the country | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from king=Source | |||
| 5 | render | past · perfect · passive | the services | time | Mice = mouse nsubj:pass | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 6 | recognize | the services | nom recognition «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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