Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 37

So I soon saw that by selling the chickens I could buy a cow, and that later on by selling the cow and her calf, I could get a wife and set up a house of my own, and that presently we should have a child; and I was thinking to myself how I should keep my child in order, and if it was naughty I should be obliged to stamp my foot very firmly, in order to show it that I was not to be trifled with.”

Who acts: I, that, child · What happens: see, sell, buy, get, set up, have · To what, where: chickens, cow, wife, house, child, myself · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, that, child), 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	_	4 saw	advmod
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 saw	nsubj
3	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 saw	advmod
4	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 selling	mark
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 selling	mark
7	selling	sell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 saw	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 chickens	det
9	chickens	chicken	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 selling	obj
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 buy	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 buy	aux
12	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 chickens	acl:relcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 cow	det
14	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 buy	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 get	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 get	cc
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 selling	mark
18	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	21 selling	advmod
19	on	on	ADP	_	18 later	compound:prt
20	by	by	SCONJ	_	21 selling	mark
21	selling	sell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	30 get	advcl
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 cow	det
23	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 selling	obj
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 calf	cc
25	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 calf	nmod:poss
26	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 cow	conj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 selling	punct
28	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	30 get	nsubj
29	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	30 get	aux
30	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 saw	conj
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 wife	det
32	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 get	obj
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 set	cc
34	set	set	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	30 get	conj
35	up	up	ADP	_	34 set	compound:prt
36	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 house	det
37	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 set	obj
38	of	of	ADP	_	40 own	case
39	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 own	nmod:poss
40	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 house	nmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 have	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 have	cc
43	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	47 have	nsubj
44	presently	presently	ADV	_	47 have	advmod
45	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	47 have	nsubj
46	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	47 have	aux
47	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 saw	conj
48	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	49 child	det
49	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 have	obj
50	;	;	PUNCT	_	54 thinking	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 thinking	cc
52	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	54 thinking	nsubj
53	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 thinking	aux
54	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 saw	conj
55	to	to	ADP	_	56 myself	case
56	myself	myself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	54 thinking	obl
57	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	60 keep	advmod
58	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	60 keep	nsubj
59	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	60 keep	aux
60	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	54 thinking	advcl
61	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 child	nmod:poss
62	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 keep	obj
63	in	in	ADP	_	64 order	case
64	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 keep	obl
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 obliged	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	74 obliged	cc
67	if	if	SCONJ	_	70 naughty	mark
68	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	70 naughty	nsubj
69	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	70 naughty	cop
70	naughty	naughty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	74 obliged	advcl
71	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	74 obliged	nsubj
72	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	74 obliged	aux
73	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	74 obliged	aux:pass
74	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 saw	conj
75	to	to	PART	_	76 stamp	mark
76	stamp	stamp	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	74 obliged	xcomp
77	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	78 foot	nmod:poss
78	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 stamp	obj
79	very	very	ADV	_	80 firmly	advmod
80	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	76 stamp	advmod
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 show	punct
82	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	85 show	mark
83	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 in	fixed
84	to	to	PART	_	85 show	mark
85	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	76 stamp	conj
86	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	85 show	obj
87	that	that	SCONJ	_	93 trifled	mark
88	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	93 trifled	nsubj
89	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	93 trifled	cop
90	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	93 trifled	advmod
91	to	to	PART	_	93 trifled	mark
92	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	93 trifled	aux:pass
93	trifled	trifle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	85 show	ccomp
94	with	with	ADP	_	93 trifled	obl
95	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 saw	punct
96	”	"	PUNCT	_	4 saw	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	past	I				soon property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	sell	gerund	I not said here	the chickens				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chicken=Theme
3	buy	could	I	a cow				vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme
4	sell	gerund	I not said here	the cow and cow's calf			late property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme
5	get	could	I	a wife				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus
6	set up	infinitive	I not said here	a house of my own				vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient house=Result
7	have	should	that	a child			we nsubj; presently property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient
8	think speech: other	past · progressive	I		myself			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	keep	should	I	my child		order		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent child=Theme in order=Location
10	is a condition, not said to happen	past	child				naughty property	tree rules
11	oblige	should · passive		I				vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
12	stamp	to-infinitive		my foot			firmly property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Destination
13	show	to-infinitive		child				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Recipient clause=Topic
14	not is	past · passive		I			trifle property	tree rules

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, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 37

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Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 37