Folk tales from Tibet, How He Dislodged the Spider., sentence 14

“There is a very simple stratagem, which I have often seen employed,” replied Father Raven, “which is as follows: a piece of green cloth must first be spread upon a table and well sprinkled with water, and the Lady must bend her ear over this so that the Spiders can see it.

Who acts: Father, simple stratagem, Lady, Spiders · What happens: be, see, employ, reply, spread, sprinkle · To what, where: simple stratagem, piece, table, ear, this · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, How He Dislodged the Spider.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Father, simple stratagem, Lady, Spiders), 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	“	"	PUNCT	_	3 is	punct
2	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 is	expl
3	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 replied	advcl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stratagem	det
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 simple	advmod
6	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stratagem	amod
7	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 replied	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 seen	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 seen	nsubj:pass
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 seen	nsubj
11	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 seen	aux
12	often	often	ADV	_	13 seen	advmod
13	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 stratagem	acl:relcl
14	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 seen	xcomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 employed	punct
16	”	"	PUNCT	_	13 seen	punct
17	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	Father	Father	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 replied	obj
19	Raven	Raven	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Father	flat
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 follows	punct
21	“	"	PUNCT	_	25 follows	punct
22	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 follows	obj
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 follows	cop
24	as	as	SCONJ	_	25 follows	mark
25	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 Father	acl:relcl
26	:	:	PUNCT	_	35 spread	punct
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 piece	det
28	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 spread	nsubj:pass
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 cloth	case
30	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 cloth	amod
31	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 piece	nmod
32	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	35 spread	aux
33	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	35 spread	advmod
34	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	35 spread	aux:pass
35	spread	spread	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 replied	parataxis
36	upon	upon	ADP	_	38 table	case
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	38 table	det
38	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 spread	obl
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 sprinkled	cc
40	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	41 sprinkled	advmod
41	sprinkled	sprinkle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 spread	conj
42	with	with	ADP	_	43 water	case
43	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 sprinkled	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 bend	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 bend	cc
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 Lady	det
47	Lady	Lady	PROPN	Number=Sing	49 bend	nsubj
48	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	49 bend	aux
49	bend	bend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 replied	advcl
50	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 ear	nmod:poss
51	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 bend	obj
52	over	over	ADP	_	53 this	case
53	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	49 bend	obl
54	so	so	SCONJ	_	59 see	mark
55	that	that	SCONJ	_	59 see	mark
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 Spiders	det
57	Spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 see	nsubj
58	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	59 see	aux
59	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 bend	advcl
60	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 see	obj
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 replied	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be in a quote	present	Father not said here		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see in a quote	present · perfect · passive		a simple stratagem		I nsubj; often property	tree rules
3	employ in a quote	participle	a simple stratagem not said here				vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	reply speech: assert	past	Father			a simple stratagem nsubj	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	is in a quote	present				Father obj; follow property	tree rules
6	spread in a quote	must · passive		a piece of green cloth	a table	first property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme upon table=Destination
7	sprinkle in a quote	participle				with water; well property	vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»: with water=Theme
8	bend in a quote	must	the Lady	Lady's ear	this		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme over this=Location
9	see in a quote	can	the Spiders	ear			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=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, How He Dislodged the Spider., sentence 14