Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of Room Bacha and Baki., sentence 25
The others agreed to these words of wisdom, and the counsellors proceeded in a body to the King’s throne-room and informed him publicly that after due deliberation they had come to the conclusion that he was undoubtedly in the right.
Who acts: others, counsellors, King · What happens: agree, proceed, inform, come, be, word · To what, where: body, King, due deliberation, conclusion, right, wisdom
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 (others, counsellors, King), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 others | det |
| 2 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 agreed | nsubj |
| 3 | agreed | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 words | case |
| 5 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 6 words | det |
| 6 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 agreed | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 wisdom | case |
| 8 | wisdom | wisdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 words | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 proceeded | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 proceeded | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 counsellors | det |
| 12 | counsellors | counsellor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 proceeded | nsubj |
| 13 | proceeded | proceed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 agreed | parataxis |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 body | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 body | det |
| 16 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 proceeded | obl |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 room | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 King | det |
| 19 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 room | nmod:poss |
| 20 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 19 King | case |
| 21 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 room | compound |
| 22 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 21 throne | punct |
| 23 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 proceeded | obl |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 informed | cc |
| 25 | informed | inform | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 proceeded | conj |
| 26 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 informed | iobj |
| 27 | publicly | publicly | ADV | _ | 28 that | advmod |
| 28 | that | that | ADV | _ | 25 informed | advmod |
| 29 | after | after | ADP | _ | 31 deliberation | case |
| 30 | due | due | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 deliberation | amod |
| 31 | deliberation | deliberation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 informed | obl |
| 32 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 come | nsubj |
| 33 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 come | aux |
| 34 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 31 deliberation | acl:relcl |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 conclusion | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 conclusion | det |
| 37 | conclusion | conclusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 come | obl |
| 38 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 44 right | mark |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 right | nsubj |
| 40 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 right | cop |
| 41 | undoubtedly | undoubtedly | ADV | _ | 44 right | advmod |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 right | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 right | det |
| 44 | right | right | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 conclusion | acl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 agreed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | past | the others | to this words of wisdom | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | proceed | past | the counsellors | a body | to the King's throne room | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | inform speech: other | past | the counsellors not said here | King | after due deliberation | that property | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||
| 4 | come | past · perfect | counsellors = counsellor | due deliberation not said here | to the conclusion | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location deliberation=Theme | |||
| 5 | is | past | King | the conclusion not said here | the right | undoubtedly property | tree rules | ||
| 6 | word | wisdom | nom word «communication 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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