--- title: “When we parted yesterday,” said he, “I entered the palace, and afte… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “When we parted yesterday,” said he, “I entered the palace, and after wandering about for some time I found myself in the chamber where the Emperor’s dinner was being prepared, and where all the chief officials of the palace were assembled to superintend the arrangements for the royal meal. 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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 (we, Emperor, dinner), 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:pg75000:15:34 # text = “When we parted yesterday,” said he, “I entered the palace, and after wandering about for some time I found myself in the chamber where the Emperor’s dinner was being prepared, and where all the chief officials of the palace were assembled to superintend the arrangements for the royal meal. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 parted part VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 5 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 after after SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 wandering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 20 about about ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 23 det _ _ 23 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 37 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’s 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 cop _ _ 37 prepared prepared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 40 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 49 advmod _ _ 41 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 44 det:predet _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 officials official NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 assembled assemble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 superintend superintend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 advcl _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 arrangements arrangement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **part** *in a quote* | past | we | | | | yesterday | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Emperor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **enter** *in a quote* | past | Emperor | the palace | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Destination | | 4 | **wonder** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | gerund | Emperor *not said here* | | | | time | about *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **find** *in a quote* | past | Emperor | Emperor | | the chamber | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Topic | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the Emperor's dinner | | | | | prepared *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **assemble** *in a quote* | past · passive | | all chief officials of the palace | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **superintend** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | the arrangements | | | | for the royal meal | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent arrangement=Theme | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/35/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Three Thieves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/)