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Folk tales from Tibet, How He Defeated the Enemy., sentence 3

The Boy was rather alarmed at this request of the King’s, for he did not in the least know how he should set about defeating the foe, but he allowed no sign of hesitation to appear in his manner, and he answered boldly that he was prepared to undertake the job; whereupon the King presented him with a magnificent charger and begged him to do his best.

Who acts: Boy, least, sign, King · What happens: alarm, do, not know, set, defeat, allow · To what, where: Boy, request, foe, sign, manner, job · 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 (Boy, least, sign, King), 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

detnsubj:passaux:passadvmodcasedetoblcasedetnmodcasepunctmarknsubjconjadvmodmarkdetnsubjparataxisadvmodnsubjauxccompmarkadvcldetobjpunctccnsubjparataxisdetobjcasenmodmarkxcompcasenmod:possoblpunctccnsubjconjadvmodmarknsubjaux:passccompmarkxcompdetobjpunctadvmoddetnsubjconjobjcasedetamodoblccconjobjmarkxcompnmod:possobjpunctrootTheDETBoyPROPNwasAUXratherADValarmedVERBatADPthisDETrequestNOUNofADPtheDETKingPROPN’sPART,PUNCTforSCONJhePRONdidVERBnotPARTinSCONJtheDETleastADJknowVERBhowADVhePRONshouldAUXsetVERBaboutSCONJdefeatingVERBtheDETfoeNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJhePRONallowedVERBnoDETsignNOUNofADPhesitationNOUNtoPARTappearVERBinADPhisPRONmannerNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONansweredVERBboldlyADVthatSCONJhePRONwasAUXpreparedVERBtoPARTundertakeVERBtheDETjobNOUN;PUNCTwhereuponADVtheDETKingPROPNpresentedVERBhimPRONwithADPaDETmagnificentADJchargerNOUNandCCONJbeggedVERBhimPRONtoPARTdoVERBhisPRONbestADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Boydet
2BoyBoyPROPNNumber=Sing5 alarmednsubj:pass
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 alarmedaux:pass
4ratherratherADV_5 alarmedadvmod
5alarmedalarmVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
6atatADP_8 requestcase
7thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem8 requestdet
8requestrequestNOUNNumber=Sing5 alarmedobl
9ofofADP_11 Kingcase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 Kingdet
11KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing8 requestnmod
12’s'sPART_11 Kingcase
13,,PUNCT_16 didpunct
14forforSCONJ_16 didmark
15hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 didnsubj
16diddoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 alarmedconj
17notnotPARTPolarity=Neg21 knowadvmod
18ininSCONJ_21 knowmark
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 leastdet
20leastleastADJDegree=Sup21 knownsubj
21knowknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin16 didparataxis
22howhowADVPronType=Int25 setadvmod
23hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 setnsubj
24shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin25 setaux
25setsetVERBVerbForm=Inf21 knowccomp
26aboutaboutSCONJ_27 defeatingmark
27defeatingdefeatVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part25 setadvcl
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 foedet
29foefoeNOUNNumber=Sing27 defeatingobj
30,,PUNCT_33 allowedpunct
31butbutCCONJ_33 allowedcc
32hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs33 allowednsubj
33allowedallowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 alarmedparataxis
34nonoDETPronType=Neg35 signdet
35signsignNOUNNumber=Sing33 allowedobj
36ofofADP_37 hesitationcase
37hesitationhesitationNOUNNumber=Sing35 signnmod
38totoPART_39 appearmark
39appearappearVERBVerbForm=Inf33 allowedxcomp
40ininADP_42 mannercase
41hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs42 mannernmod:poss
42mannermannerNOUNNumber=Sing39 appearobl
43,,PUNCT_46 answeredpunct
44andandCCONJ_46 answeredcc
45hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs46 answerednsubj
46answeredanswerVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin33 allowedconj
47boldlyboldlyADVDegree=Pos46 answeredadvmod
48thatthatSCONJ_51 preparedmark
49hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs51 preparednsubj
50wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin51 preparedaux:pass
51preparedprepareVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass46 answeredccomp
52totoPART_53 undertakemark
53undertakeundertakeVERBVerbForm=Inf51 preparedxcomp
54thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art55 jobdet
55jobjobNOUNNumber=Sing53 undertakeobj
56;;PUNCT_60 presentedpunct
57whereuponwhereuponADVPronType=Int60 presentedadvmod
58thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art59 Kingdet
59KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing60 presentednsubj
60presentedpresentVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin33 allowedconj
61himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs60 presentedobj
62withwithADP_65 chargercase
63aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art65 chargerdet
64magnificentmagnificentADJDegree=Pos65 chargeramod
65chargerchargerNOUNNumber=Sing60 presentedobl
66andandCCONJ_67 beggedcc
67beggedbegVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin60 presentedconj
68himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs67 beggedobj
69totoPART_70 domark
70dodoVERBVerbForm=Inf67 beggedxcomp
71hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs72 bestnmod:poss
72bestgoodADJDegree=Sup70 doobj
73..PUNCT_5 alarmedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1alarmpast · passivethe Boythis request of the Kingvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2dopastBoyvn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3not knowpresentthe leastvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4setshouldBoyvn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
5defeatgerundBoy not said herethe foetree rules
6allowpastBoyno sign of hesitationvn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer sign=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
7appear not said to happento-infinitiveno sign of hesitation not said hereBoy's mannervn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in manner=Location
8answer speech: assertpastBoyboldly propertytree rules
9preparepast · passiveBoyvn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute
10undertake not said to happento-infinitivethe jobvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality
11presentpastthe KingBoywith a magnificent charger; whereupon propertyvn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with charger=Theme
12beg speech: requestpastthe King not said hereBoyvn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
13do not said to happento-infinitivethe King not said hereBoy's bestvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality
14requestthe Kingnom request «communication transitive»: of=patient
15signhesitationnom sign «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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