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Folk tales from Tibet, The Country of the Mice., sentence 8

When the Mouse entered the King’s presence he walked slowly up the Hall of Audience, carrying in his hand a little silk thread, which he presented to the King, instead of the usual ceremonial scarf.

Who acts: Mouse, King, little silk thread · What happens: enter, walk, carry, present · To what, where: presence, Hall, little silk thread, hand, King

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 (Mouse, King, little silk thread), 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

advmoddetnsubjadvcldetnmod:posscaseobjnsubjadvmodcasedetoblcasenmodpunctadvclcasenmod:possobldetamodcompoundobjpunctnsubjnsubjacl:relclcasedetoblpunctcasefixeddetamodamodoblpunctrootWhenADVtheDETMousePROPNenteredVERBtheDETKingPROPN’sPARTpresenceNOUNhePRONwalkedVERBslowlyADVupADPtheDETHallPROPNofADPAudiencePROPN,PUNCTcarryingVERBinADPhisPRONhandNOUNaDETlittleADJsilkNOUNthreadNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONhePRONpresentedVERBtoADPtheDETKingPROPN,PUNCTinsteadADVofADPtheDETusualADJceremonialADJscarfNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int4 enteredadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Mousedet
3MouseMousePROPNNumber=Sing4 enterednsubj
4enteredenterVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 walkedadvcl
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 Kingdet
6KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing8 presencenmod:poss
7’s'sPART_6 Kingcase
8presencepresenceNOUNNumber=Sing4 enteredobj
9hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 walkednsubj
10walkedwalkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
11slowlyslowlyADV_10 walkedadvmod
12upupADP_14 Hallcase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 Halldet
14HallHallPROPNNumber=Sing10 walkedobl
15ofofADP_16 Audiencecase
16AudienceAudiencePROPNNumber=Sing14 Hallnmod
17,,PUNCT_18 carryingpunct
18carryingcarryVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part10 walkedadvcl
19ininADP_21 handcase
20hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 handnmod:poss
21handhandNOUNNumber=Sing18 carryingobl
22aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art25 threaddet
23littlelittleADJDegree=Pos25 threadamod
24silksilkNOUNNumber=Sing25 threadcompound
25threadthreadNOUNNumber=Sing18 carryingobj
26,,PUNCT_29 presentedpunct
27whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel29 presentednsubj
28hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 presentednsubj
29presentedpresentVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 threadacl:relcl
30totoADP_32 Kingcase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 Kingdet
32KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing29 presentedobl
33,,PUNCT_39 scarfpunct
34insteadinsteadADVExtPos=ADP39 scarfcase
35ofofADP_34 insteadfixed
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 scarfdet
37usualusualADJDegree=Pos39 scarfamod
38ceremonialceremonialADJDegree=Pos39 scarfamod
39scarfscarfNOUNNumber=Sing18 carryingobl
40..PUNCT_10 walkedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1enterpastthe Mousethe King's presencevn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme presence=Destination
2walkpastKingthe Hall of Audienceslowly propertyvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up hall=Trajectory
3carrygerundKing not said herea little silk threadKing's handinstead the usual ceremonial scarfvn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent thread=Value in hand=Location
4presentpasta little silk threadthe Kingvn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to king=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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