Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of Room Bacha and Baki., sentence 79

On arriving at the capital Baki decided to hire a small house, where he could lodge the young lady and change his own dress before proceeding to pay his respects to the King; so having taken a house in the suburbs, he left the lady there while he went out himself into the streets to hear the news.

Who acts: Baki · What happens: arrive, decide, hire, lodge, change, proceed · To what, where: capital, small house, young lady, own dress, respects, house

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 (Baki), 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	On	on	SCONJ	_	2 arriving	mark
2	arriving	arrive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 decided	advcl
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 capital	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 capital	det
5	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arriving	obl
6	Baki	Baki	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 decided	nsubj
7	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 hire	mark
9	hire	hire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 decided	xcomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 house	det
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 house	amod
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hire	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 lodge	punct
14	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 lodge	advmod
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 lodge	nsubj
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 lodge	aux
17	lodge	lodge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 hire	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 lady	det
19	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 lady	amod
20	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lodge	obj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 change	cc
22	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 lodge	conj
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 dress	nmod:poss
24	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 dress	amod
25	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 change	obj
26	before	before	SCONJ	_	27 proceeding	mark
27	proceeding	proceed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 change	advcl
28	to	to	PART	_	29 pay	mark
29	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 proceeding	xcomp
30	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 respects	nmod:poss
31	respects	respects	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 pay	obj
32	to	to	ADP	_	34 King	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 King	det
34	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 pay	obl
35	;	;	PUNCT	_	38 taken	punct
36	so	so	ADV	_	38 taken	advmod
37	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	38 taken	aux
38	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 decided	conj
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 house	det
40	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 taken	obj
41	in	in	ADP	_	43 suburbs	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 suburbs	det
43	suburbs	suburb	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 taken	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 left	punct
45	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 left	nsubj
46	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 decided	conj
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 lady	det
48	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 left	obj
49	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	46 left	advmod
50	while	while	SCONJ	_	52 went	mark
51	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 went	nsubj
52	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 left	advcl
53	out	out	ADP	_	52 went	compound:prt
54	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	52 went	obl
55	into	into	ADP	_	57 streets	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 streets	det
57	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 went	obl
58	to	to	PART	_	59 hear	mark
59	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 went	advcl
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 news	det
61	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 hear	obj
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 decided	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	arrive	gerund	Baki not said here		the capital		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	decide	past	Baki				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	hire not said to happen	to-infinitive	Baki not said here	a small house			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme
4	lodge	could	Baki	the young lady			vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme lady=Location
5	change	infinitive	Baki not said here	Baki's own dress			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dress=Patient
6	proceed	gerund	Baki not said here				vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
7	pay	to-infinitive	Baki not said here	Baki's respects		to the King	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respects=Asset
8	take	gerund · perfect	Baki not said here	a house	the suburbs		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent house=Value in suburb=Location
9	leave	past	Baki	the lady	there		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Theme
10	go out	past	Baki	Baki	the streets		vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
11	hear	to-infinitive	Baki not said here	the news			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer news=Stimulus

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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🌲 Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of Room Bacha and Baki., sentence 79

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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of Room Bacha and Baki., sentence 79