--- title: The Chief Cook and the Chief Chamberlain placed themselves in front… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The Chief Cook and the Chief Chamberlain placed themselves in front of the Emperor, in order to see that the service of his food was properly conducted, whilst the other high officials took their stand on either side of his chair and assisted in bringing in the dishes. Who acts: Chief Cook, other hi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/37/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Folk tales from Tibet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/) / [The Story of the Three Thieves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/) / 37 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 37 The Chief Cook and the Chief Chamberlain placed themselves in front of the Emperor, in order to see that the service of his food was properly conducted, whilst the other high officials took their stand on either side of his chair and assisted in bringing in the dishes. **Who acts:** Chief Cook, other high officials · **What happens:** place, see, conduct, take, assist, bring · **To what, where:** Cook, front, service, stand, side, dishes · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Three Thieves.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Chief Cook, other high officials), 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:pg75000:15:37 # text = The Chief Cook and the Chief Chamberlain placed themselves in front of the Emperor, in order to see that the service of his food was properly conducted, whilst the other high officials took their stand on either side of his chair and assisted in bringing in the dishes. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Cook Cook PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 Chamberlain Chamberlain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 8 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 19 mark _ _ 17 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 fixed _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 27 properly properly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 conducted conduct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 officials official NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 stand stand NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 assisted assist VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 46 in in SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 47 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **place** | past | the Chief Cook and the Chief | Cook | | front of the Emperor | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme in front=Destination | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | the Chief Cook and the Chief *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **conduct** | past · passive | | the service of Emperor's food | | | | properly *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **take** | past | the other high officials | officials's stand | | either side of Emperor's chair | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stand=Theme on side=Destination | | 5 | **assist** | participle | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **bring** | gerund | | | | the dishes | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **service** | | | Emperor's food | | | | | nom service «act 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. - ← previous: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/38/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Three Thieves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/)