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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Cat and the Mice., sentence 18

They agreed that Rambé was always to walk at the very front of the procession of the Mice, and that Ambé was to bring up the rear, and that all the time the procession was passing, Rambé was to call to Ambé, and Ambé to answer Rambé at frequent intervals.

Who acts: names, Rambé, Ambé, procession, Mice · What happens: agree, be, pass, answer, proceed · To what, where: front, time, Ambé, Rambé, frequent intervals · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Cat and the Mice.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (names, Rambé, Ambé, procession), 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

nsubjmarknsubjcopadvmodmarkccompcasedetadvmodoblcasedetnmodcasedetnmodpunctccmarknsubjcopmarkconjcompound:prtdetobjpunctccmarkdet:predetdetadvcldetnsubjauxacl:relclpunctnsubjcopmarkconjcaseoblpunctccnsubjmarkconjobjcaseamodoblpunctrootTheyPRONagreedVERBthatSCONJRambéPROPNwasAUXalwaysADVtoPARTwalkVERBatADPtheDETveryADVfrontNOUNofADPtheDETprocessionNOUNofADPtheDETMiceNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthatSCONJAmbéPROPNwasAUXtoPARTbringVERBupADPtheDETrearNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthatSCONJallDETtheDETtimeNOUNtheDETprocessionNOUNwasAUXpassingVERB,PUNCTRambéPROPNwasAUXtoPARTcallVERBtoADPAmbéPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJAmbéPROPNtoPARTanswerVERBRambéPROPNatADPfrequentADJintervalsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 agreednsubj
2agreedagreeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thatthatSCONJ_8 walkmark
4RambéRambéPROPNNumber=Sing8 walknsubj
5wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 walkcop
6alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot8 walkadvmod
7totoPART_8 walkmark
8walkwalkVERBVerbForm=Inf2 agreedccomp
9atatADP_12 frontcase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 frontdet
11veryveryADV_12 frontadvmod
12frontfrontNOUNNumber=Sing8 walkobl
13ofofADP_15 processioncase
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 processiondet
15processionprocessionNOUNNumber=Sing12 frontnmod
16ofofADP_18 Micecase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 Micedet
18MicemouseNOUNNumber=Plur15 processionnmod
19,,PUNCT_25 bringpunct
20andandCCONJ_25 bringcc
21thatthatSCONJ_25 bringmark
22AmbéAmbéPROPNNumber=Sing25 bringnsubj
23wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 bringcop
24totoPART_25 bringmark
25bringbringVERBVerbForm=Inf8 walkconj
26upupADP_25 bringcompound:prt
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 reardet
28rearrearNOUNNumber=Sing25 bringobj
29,,PUNCT_43 callpunct
30andandCCONJ_43 callcc
31thatthatSCONJ_34 timemark
32allallDETPronType=Tot34 timedet:predet
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 timedet
34timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing43 calladvcl
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 processiondet
36processionprocessionNOUNNumber=Sing38 passingnsubj
37wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 passingaux
38passingpassVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part34 timeacl:relcl
39,,PUNCT_34 timepunct
40RambéRambéPROPNNumber=Sing43 callnsubj
41wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin43 callcop
42totoPART_43 callmark
43callcallVERBVerbForm=Inf2 agreedconj
44totoADP_45 Ambécase
45AmbéAmbéPROPNNumber=Sing43 callobl
46,,PUNCT_50 answerpunct
47andandCCONJ_50 answercc
48AmbéAmbéPROPNNumber=Sing50 answernsubj
49totoPART_50 answermark
50answeranswerVERBVerbForm=Inf2 agreedconj
51RambéRambéPROPNNumber=Sing50 answerobj
52atatADP_54 intervalscase
53frequentfrequentADJDegree=Pos54 intervalsamod
54intervalsintervalNOUNNumber=Plur50 answerobl
55..PUNCT_2 agreedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1agree speech: agreepastnames = namevn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2is not said to happenpastRambéthe front of the procession of the Micealways, walk propertytree rules
3ispastAmbéthe rear obj; bring propertytree rules
4passpast · progressivethe processionall time not said herevn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme time=Trajectory
5ispastRambéAmbécall propertytree rules
6answer speech: assertto-infinitiveAmbéRambéfrequent intervalsvn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent rambé=Eventuality
7proceedthe Micenom procession «event intransitive»: of=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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