Folk tales from Tibet, How He Found the Lost Turquoise., sentence 44

Towards evening they packed up their various magical instruments and spells, and went away very downhearted; and as soon as they were gone the Boy emerged from his hiding-place, and going boldly to the house, he said that he was a famous magician and could find the turquoise for them; and he asked that on the following morning all the diviners and lamas should again be summoned, as well as the inhabitants of all the neighbouring houses.

Who acts: efforts, Boy · What happens: pack up, go away, go, emerge, say, be · To what, where: various magical instruments, efforts, hiding place, house, famous magician, turquoise · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, How He Found the Lost Turquoise.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (efforts, Boy), 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	Towards	toward	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 evening	compound
2	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 packed	obl:unmarked
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 packed	nsubj
4	packed	pack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 packed	compound:prt
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 instruments	nmod:poss
7	various	various	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 instruments	amod
8	magical	magical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 instruments	amod
9	instruments	instrument	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 packed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 spells	cc
11	spells	spell	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 instruments	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 went	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 went	cc
14	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 packed	conj
15	away	away	ADV	_	14 went	advmod
16	very	very	ADV	_	17 downhearted	advmod
17	downhearted	downhearted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 went	xcomp
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 gone	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 gone	cc
20	as	as	ADV	_	21 soon	advmod
21	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	25 gone	advmod
22	as	as	SCONJ	_	25 gone	mark
23	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 gone	nsubj
24	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 gone	aux:pass
25	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 emerged	advcl
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 Boy	det
27	Boy	Boy	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 emerged	nsubj
28	emerged	emerge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 packed	parataxis
29	from	from	ADP	_	33 place	case
30	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 place	nmod:poss
31	hiding	hiding	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 place	compound
32	-	-	PUNCT	_	31 hiding	punct
33	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 emerged	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 said	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 said	cc
36	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	43 said	advcl
37	boldly	boldly	ADV	Degree=Pos	36 going	advmod
38	to	to	ADP	_	40 house	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 house	det
40	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 going	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 going	punct
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 said	nsubj
43	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 packed	parataxis
44	that	that	SCONJ	_	49 magician	mark
45	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 magician	nsubj
46	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 magician	cop
47	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	49 magician	det
48	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 magician	amod
49	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 said	ccomp
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 find	cc
51	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	52 find	aux
52	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 said	conj
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 turquoise	det
54	turquoise	turquoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 find	obj
55	for	for	ADP	_	56 them	case
56	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 find	obl
57	;	;	PUNCT	_	60 asked	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 asked	cc
59	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 asked	nsubj
60	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 packed	conj
61	that	that	SCONJ	_	74 summoned	mark
62	on	on	ADP	_	65 morning	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 morning	det
64	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	65 morning	amod
65	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 summoned	obl
66	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	68 diviners	det:predet
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 diviners	det
68	diviners	diviner	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 summoned	nsubj:pass
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 lamas	cc
70	lamas	lama	NOUN	Number=Plur	68 diviners	conj
71	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	74 summoned	aux
72	again	again	ADV	_	74 summoned	advmod
73	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	74 summoned	aux:pass
74	summoned	summon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	60 asked	ccomp
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 inhabitants	punct
76	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	80 inhabitants	cc
77	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	76 as	fixed
78	as	as	ADP	_	76 as	fixed
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 inhabitants	det
80	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 asked	obl
81	of	of	ADP	_	85 houses	case
82	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	85 houses	det:predet
83	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	85 houses	det
84	neighbouring	neighbouring	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 houses	compound
85	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	80 inhabitants	nmod
86	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 packed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pack up	past	efforts = effort	efforts's various magical instruments and spells		evening		vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme
2	go away	past	efforts = effort not said here				away, downhearted property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	go	past · passive		efforts = effort			soon property	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
4	emerge	past	the Boy		Boy's hiding place			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from place=Initial_Location
5	go	gerund	Boy not said here		the house		boldly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location
6	say speech: assert	past	Boy					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
7	is a	past	Boy	a famous magician				tree rules
8	find	could	Boy not said here	the turquoise			for efforts = effort	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent turquoise=Theme for they=Beneficiary
9	ask speech: ask	past	Boy	the inhabitants of all neighbouring houses				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
10	follow	gerund						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	summon	should · passive		all diviners and lamas		again; morning		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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Folk tales from Tibet, How He Found the Lost Turquoise., sentence 44