Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 7
When the King heard that a Mouse wanted to see him he was very much amused, and he ordered that the little animal should be admitted.
Who acts: King, Mouse · What happens: hear, want, see, be, order, admit · To what, where: King, little animal · 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, Mouse), 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 | 4 heard | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 heard | nsubj |
| 4 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 wanted | mark |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 Mouse | det |
| 7 | Mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wanted | nsubj |
| 8 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 heard | ccomp |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 see | mark |
| 10 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 wanted | xcomp |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 see | obj |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 amused | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 amused | cop |
| 14 | very | very | ADV | _ | 15 much | advmod |
| 15 | much | much | ADV | _ | 16 amused | advmod |
| 16 | amused | amused | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 see | ccomp |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 ordered | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 ordered | cc |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 ordered | nsubj |
| 20 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 heard | parataxis |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 27 admitted | mark |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 animal | det |
| 23 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 animal | amod |
| 24 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 admitted | nsubj:pass |
| 25 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 27 admitted | aux |
| 26 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 27 admitted | aux:pass |
| 27 | admitted | admit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 ordered | ccomp |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 heard | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | the King | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | want | past | a Mouse | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | a Mouse not said here | King | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | is | past | King | amused property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | order | past | King | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | admit speech: other | should · passive | the little animal | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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