Folk tales from Tibet, How He Defeated the Enemy., sentence 18
When the King heard what had happened, he sent for the Boy and thanked him very heartily for his services; and as a reward for what he had done, he raised him to the highest rank, and presented him with lands and gold, and the young Man and his Mother lived happily ever afterwards.
Who acts: King, Boy, young Man · What happens: hear, happen, send, thank, do, raise · To what, where: Boy, King, highest rank · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (King, Boy, young Man), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 heard | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 heard | nsubj |
| 4 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 sent | advcl |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 happened | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 happened | aux |
| 7 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 heard | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 heard | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 sent | nsubj |
| 10 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 Boy | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Boy | det |
| 13 | Boy | Boy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 sent | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 thanked | cc |
| 15 | thanked | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 sent | conj |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 thanked | obj |
| 17 | very | very | ADV | _ | 18 heartily | advmod |
| 18 | heartily | heartily | ADV | _ | 15 thanked | advmod |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 services | case |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 services | nmod:poss |
| 21 | services | service | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 thanked | obl |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 raised | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 raised | cc |
| 24 | as | as | ADP | _ | 26 reward | case |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 reward | det |
| 26 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 raised | obl |
| 27 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 what | case |
| 28 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 reward | nmod |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 done | nsubj |
| 30 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 done | aux |
| 31 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 28 what | acl:relcl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 reward | punct |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 raised | nsubj |
| 34 | raised | raise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 sent | conj |
| 35 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 raised | obj |
| 36 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 rank | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 rank | det |
| 38 | highest | high | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 39 rank | amod |
| 39 | rank | rank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 raised | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 presented | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 presented | cc |
| 42 | presented | present | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 raised | conj |
| 43 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 presented | obj |
| 44 | with | with | ADP | _ | 45 lands | case |
| 45 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 presented | obl |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 gold | cc |
| 47 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 lands | conj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 lived | punct |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 lived | cc |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 Man | det |
| 51 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 Man | amod |
| 52 | Man | Man | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 lived | nsubj |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 Mother | cc |
| 54 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 Mother | nmod:poss |
| 55 | Mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 Man | conj |
| 56 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 raised | conj |
| 57 | happily | happily | ADV | _ | 56 lived | advmod |
| 58 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 59 afterwards | advmod |
| 59 | afterwards | afterwards | ADV | _ | 56 lived | advmod |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 sent | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | the King | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | happen | past · perfect | what nsubj | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | send | past | King | for the Boy | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | thank speech: thank | past | King not said here | Boy | for Boy's services; heartily property | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for service=Attribute | |||
| 5 | do | past · perfect | Boy | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | raise | past | Boy | King | the highest rank | as a reward | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to rank=Destination | ||
| 7 | present | past | Boy not said here | Boy | with lands and gold | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with land=Theme | |||
| 8 | live | past | the young Man and Boy's Mother | ever | afterwards, happily property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 9 | service | Boy | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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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