Folk tales from Tibet, How He Defeated the Enemy., sentence 17

So running on either side of him, they seized the bridle and soon brought the animal to a standstill, when the Boy formally accepted their surrender, and dictated to them terms of peace; and they on their part were only too thankful to have escaped from such a danger, and gladly consented to withdraw at once to their own country.

Who acts: soldiers, Boy · What happens: run, seize, bring, accept, dictate, be · To what, where: side, bridle, animal, standstill, surrender, terms

This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, How He Defeated the Enemy.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (soldiers, 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	So	so	ADV	_	10 seized	advmod
2	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 seized	advcl
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 side	case
4	either	either	DET	PronType=Ind	5 side	det
5	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 running	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 side	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 running	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 seized	nsubj
10	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bridle	det
12	bridle	bridle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 seized	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 brought	cc
14	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 brought	advmod
15	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 seized	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 animal	det
17	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 brought	obj
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 standstill	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 standstill	det
20	standstill	standstill	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 brought	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 accepted	punct
22	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	26 accepted	advmod
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 Boy	det
24	Boy	Boy	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 accepted	nsubj
25	formally	formally	ADV	_	26 accepted	advmod
26	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 seized	conj
27	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 surrender	nmod:poss
28	surrender	surrender	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 accepted	obj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 dictated	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 dictated	cc
31	dictated	dictate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 accepted	conj
32	to	to	ADP	_	33 them	case
33	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 dictated	obl
34	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 dictated	obj
35	of	of	ADP	_	36 peace	case
36	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 terms	nmod
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	46 thankful	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 thankful	cc
39	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 thankful	nsubj
40	on	on	ADP	_	42 part	case
41	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 part	nmod:poss
42	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 they	nmod
43	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 thankful	cop
44	only	only	ADV	_	46 thankful	advmod
45	too	too	ADV	_	46 thankful	advmod
46	thankful	thankful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 seized	conj
47	to	to	PART	_	49 escaped	mark
48	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	49 escaped	aux
49	escaped	escape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	46 thankful	advcl
50	from	from	ADP	_	53 danger	case
51	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	53 danger	det:predet
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 danger	det
53	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 escaped	obl
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 consented	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 consented	cc
56	gladly	gladly	ADV	_	57 consented	advmod
57	consented	consent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 seized	conj
58	to	to	PART	_	59 withdraw	mark
59	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	57 consented	xcomp
60	at	at	ADP	_	61 once	case
61	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	59 withdraw	obl
62	to	to	ADP	_	65 country	case
63	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 country	nmod:poss
64	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 country	amod
65	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 withdraw	obl
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 seized	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	run	gerund	soldiers = soldier not said here			either side of Boy		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Trajectory
2	seize	past	soldiers = soldier	the bridle				vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridle=Theme
3	bring	past	soldiers = soldier not said here	the animal		a standstill	soon property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent animal=Theme to standstill=Destination
4	accept	past	the Boy	soldiers's surrender			formally property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surrender=Theme
5	dictate speech: other	participle	the Boy not said here	terms of peace	soldiers = soldier			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent term=Topic to they=Recipient
6	is	past	soldiers = soldier				thankful property	tree rules
7	escape	to-infinitive · perfect	soldiers = soldier not said here			such danger		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from danger=Initial_Location
8	consent	participle	soldiers = soldier not said here				gladly property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
9	withdraw	to-infinitive	soldiers = soldier not said here			soldiers's own country		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to country=Initial_Location
10	surrender		soldiers = soldier					nom surrender «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
11	term			peace				nom term «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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Folk tales from Tibet, How He Defeated the Enemy., sentence 17