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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of Room Bacha and Baki., sentence 20

The counsellors, after weighing the matter for some time, summoned to their presence several peasants living in the neighbourhood, and these being all agreed that no tiger ever came within many miles of the palace, whereas foxes prowled there nightly, it was clear to the council that the King was in the wrong.

Who acts: counsellors, several peasants, these, tiger, foxes, King · What happens: weigh, summon, live, be, come, prowl · To what, where: matter, counsellors, neighbourhood, whereas

This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (counsellors, several peasants, these, tiger), 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

detnsubj:passpunctmarkacldetobjcasedetoblpunctcasenmod:possoblamodobjaclcasedetoblpunctccnsubjcopadvmodparataxismarkdetnsubjadvmodadvclcaseamodoblcasedetnmodpunctobjnsubjacl:relcladvmodadvmodpunctexplcopconjcasedetoblmarkdetnsubjcopcasedetadvclpunctrootTheDETcounsellorsNOUN,PUNCTafterSCONJweighingVERBtheDETmatterNOUNforADPsomeDETtimeNOUN,PUNCTsummonedVERBtoADPtheirPRONpresenceNOUNseveralADJpeasantsNOUNlivingVERBinADPtheDETneighbourhoodNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthesePRONbeingAUXallADVagreedVERBthatSCONJnoDETtigerNOUNeverADVcameVERBwithinADPmanyADJmilesNOUNofADPtheDETpalaceNOUN,PUNCTwhereasPRONfoxesNOUNprowledVERBthereADVnightlyADV,PUNCTitPRONwasAUXclearADJtoADPtheDETcouncilNOUNthatSCONJtheDETKingPROPNwasAUXinADPtheDETwrongADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 counsellorsdet
2counsellorscounsellorNOUNNumber=Plur12 summonednsubj:pass
3,,PUNCT_5 weighingpunct
4afterafterSCONJ_5 weighingmark
5weighingweighVERBVerbForm=Ger2 counsellorsacl
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 matterdet
7mattermatterNOUNNumber=Sing5 weighingobj
8forforADP_10 timecase
9somesomeDETPronType=Ind10 timedet
10timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing5 weighingobl
11,,PUNCT_12 summonedpunct
12summonedsummonVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
13totoADP_15 presencecase
14theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 presencenmod:poss
15presencepresenceNOUNNumber=Sing12 summonedobl
16severalseveralADJDegree=Pos17 peasantsamod
17peasantspeasantNOUNNumber=Plur12 summonedobj
18livingliveVERBVerbForm=Ger17 peasantsacl
19ininADP_21 neighbourhoodcase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 neighbourhooddet
21neighbourhoodneighbourhoodNOUNNumber=Sing18 livingobl
22,,PUNCT_27 agreedpunct
23andandCCONJ_27 agreedcc
24thesethisPRONNumber=Plur PronType=Dem27 agreednsubj
25beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part27 agreedcop
26allallADV_27 agreedadvmod
27agreedagreeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 summonedparataxis
28thatthatSCONJ_32 camemark
29nonoDETPronType=Neg30 tigerdet
30tigertigerNOUNNumber=Sing32 camensubj
31evereverADVPronType=Ind32 cameadvmod
32camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin27 agreedadvcl
33withinwithinADP_35 milescase
34manymanyADJDegree=Pos35 milesamod
35milesmileNOUNNumber=Plur32 cameobl
36ofofADP_38 palacecase
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 palacedet
38palacepalaceNOUNNumber=Sing35 milesnmod
39,,PUNCT_42 prowledpunct
40whereaswhereasPRONPronType=Rel42 prowledobj
41foxesfoxNOUNNumber=Plur42 prowlednsubj
42prowledprowlVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 palaceacl:relcl
43therethereADVPronType=Dem42 prowledadvmod
44nightlynightlyADV_42 prowledadvmod
45,,PUNCT_48 clearpunct
46ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs48 clearexpl
47wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin48 clearcop
48clearclearADJDegree=Pos32 cameconj
49totoADP_51 councilcase
50thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art51 councildet
51councilcouncilNOUNNumber=Sing48 clearobl
52thatthatSCONJ_58 wrongmark
53thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art54 Kingdet
54KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing58 wrongnsubj
55wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin58 wrongcop
56ininADP_58 wrongcase
57thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art58 wrongdet
58wrongwrongADJDegree=Pos48 clearadvcl
59..PUNCT_12 summonedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1weighgerundthe counsellors not said herethe mattertimevn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme matter=Value
2summonparticiple · passivethe counsellorsto counsellors's presence; several peasants objtree rules
3livegerundseveral peasants not said herethe neighbourhoodvn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in neighbourhood=Location
4isgerundtheseagree, all propertytree rules
5comepastno tigereverwithin many miles of the palacevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6prowlpastfoxeswhereastherenightly propertyvn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme whereas=Trajectory
7ispastno tiger not said hereto the council; clear propertytree rules
8ispastthe Kingwrong propertytree rules

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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