--- title: When the Emperor understood that this was the dinner which had been… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: When the Emperor understood that this was the dinner which had been prepared for him, and which he ought to have eaten, he was greatly astonished; but seeing that it was no fault of his Cooks, Chamberlains, or other servants, he ordered them all to be released, and to resume their former functions. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/63/) [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/) / 63 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 63 When the Emperor understood that this was the dinner which had been prepared for him, and which he ought to have eaten, he was greatly astonished; but seeing that it was no fault of his Cooks, Chamberlains, or other servants, he ordered them all to be released, and to resume their former functions. **Who acts:** Emperor, this, dinner · **What happens:** understand, be, prepare, eat, see, order · **To what, where:** dinner, other servants, fault, servants, former functions · **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 (Emperor, this, 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:pg75000:15:63 # text = When the Emperor understood that this was the dinner which had been prepared for him, and which he ought to have eaten, he was greatly astonished; but seeing that it was no fault of his Cooks, Chamberlains, or other servants, he ordered them all to be released, and to resume their former functions. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 20 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 22 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux _ _ 23 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 31 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 36 det _ _ 36 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 ccomp _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 Cooks cook NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 Chamberlains chamberlain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 49 nmod:unmarked _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 52 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 released release VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 resume resume VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 58 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 59 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 functions function NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **understand** | past | the Emperor | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | past | this | the dinner | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **prepare** | past · perfect · passive | | the dinner | | | | for Emperor | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for he=Beneficiary | | 4 | **eat** | ought · perfect | | | | | | which *nsubj*; Emperor *nsubj* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | Emperor | | | | | astonished, greatly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | gerund | Emperor *not said here* | other servants | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** | past | dinner | no fault | | | | of Emperor's Cooks and Chamberlains | tree rules | | 8 | **order** | past | Emperor | | servants *= servant* | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **release** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | Emperor *not said here* | | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING» | | 10 | **resume** | to-infinitive | Emperor *not said here* | servants's former functions | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent function=Eventuality | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/64/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Three Thieves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/)