--- title: By the Emperor’s orders this nest was watched by an attendant night… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: By the Emperor’s orders this nest was watched by an attendant night and day, in order that no one should interfere with the eggs, and the pea-hen herself was so cross that she would not allow anyone to approach her except the man who fed her. Who acts: orders, one, pea hen, China. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (orders, one, pea hen, China), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75000:15:20 # text = By the Emperor’s orders this nest was watched by an attendant night and day, in order that no one should interfere with the eggs, and the pea-hen herself was so cross that she would not allow anyone to approach her except the man who fed her. 1 By by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’s 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 watched watch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 attendant attendant NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 21 det _ _ 21 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 interfere interfere VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 pea pea NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 33 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 nmod:unmarked _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 cross cross ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 42 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 41 iobj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 approach approach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 except except ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 50 fed feed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ _ 51 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | past · passive | the Emperor's orders | this nest | | order | night | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **interfere** | should | no one | order *not said here* | | | | with the eggs | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | the pea hen China | | | | | cross *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **allow** | would | China | | anyone | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer anyone=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **approach** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | China *not said here* | China | | | | except the man | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **feed** | past | the man | | China | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 7 | **order** | | the Emperor | | | | | | nom order «communication 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. - ← previous: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/21/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Three Thieves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/)