Folk tales from Tibet, How He Found the Lost Turquoise., sentence 45

The Lady of the house was at first inclined to ridicule the idea of this disreputable-looking beggar being able to accomplish what none of these famous sorcerers could do; but thinking it worth while to give the Boy a chance, she decided to do what he suggested, and meanwhile ordered her servants to let him have a good supper, of which he stood badly in need.

Who acts: idea, none, Lady, Boy · What happens: incline, ridicule, look, be, accomplish, do · To what, where: Lady, idea, chance, Boy, servants, good supper · 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 (idea, none, Lady, 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Lady	det
2	Lady	Lady	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 inclined	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 house	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 house	det
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Lady	nmod
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 inclined	aux:pass
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 first	case
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 inclined	obl
9	inclined	incline	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	11 ridicule	mark
11	ridicule	ridicule	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 inclined	xcomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 idea	det
13	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ridicule	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	19 beggar	case
15	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	19 beggar	det
16	disreputable	disreputable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 looking	compound
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 disreputable	punct
18	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 beggar	amod
19	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 able	obl
20	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	21 able	cop
21	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 idea	acl
22	to	to	PART	_	23 accomplish	mark
23	accomplish	accomplish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 able	xcomp
24	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	31 do	obj
25	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	31 do	nsubj
26	of	of	ADP	_	29 sorcerers	case
27	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	29 sorcerers	det
28	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 sorcerers	amod
29	sorcerers	sorcerer	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 none	nmod
30	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	31 do	aux
31	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 accomplish	ccomp
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	46 decided	punct
33	but	but	CCONJ	_	46 decided	cc
34	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	46 decided	advcl
35	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 thinking	obj
36	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 thinking	xcomp
37	while	while	SCONJ	_	39 give	mark
38	to	to	PART	_	39 give	mark
39	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 thinking	ccomp
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 Boy	det
41	Boy	Boy	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 give	iobj
42	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	43 chance	det
43	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 give	obj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 thinking	punct
45	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 decided	nsubj
46	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 inclined	conj
47	to	to	PART	_	48 do	mark
48	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 decided	xcomp
49	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	48 do	obj
50	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 suggested	nsubj
51	suggested	suggest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 what	acl:relcl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 ordered	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 ordered	cc
54	meanwhile	meanwhile	ADV	_	55 ordered	advmod
55	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 decided	parataxis
56	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 servants	nmod:poss
57	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 ordered	obj
58	to	to	PART	_	59 let	mark
59	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 ordered	ccomp
60	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 let	obj
61	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 let	xcomp
62	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	64 supper	det
63	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 supper	amod
64	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 have	obj
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 stood	punct
66	of	of	ADP	_	67 which	case
67	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	69 stood	obl
68	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 stood	nsubj
69	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 have	parataxis
70	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	69 stood	advmod
71	in	in	ADP	_	72 need	case
72	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 stood	obl
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 inclined	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	incline	past · passive		the Lady of the house				tree rules
2	ridicule	to-infinitive		the idea				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Theme
3	look	gerund						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
4	is	gerund	the idea not said here				of this looking beggar; able property	tree rules
5	accomplish	to-infinitive	the idea not said here					vn complete-55.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
6	do	could	none of this famous sorcerers				what obj	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
7	think speech: other	gerund	Lady not said here	idea			worth property	vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme
8	give	to-infinitive		a chance	the Boy			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient chance=Theme
9	decide	past	Lady					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
10	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	Lady not said here				what obj	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
11	suggest speech: suggest	past	Boy					vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
12	order	past		Lady's servants			meanwhile property	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent servant=Recipient clause=Topic
13	let not said to happen	to-infinitive		Boy				tree rules
14	have	infinitive	Boy not said here	a good supper				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Patient
15	stand	past	Boy			need	which obl; badly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in need=Location

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 45

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Folk tales from Tibet, How He Found the Lost Turquoise., sentence 45