--- title: One night, when some thieves came to his house, he would have been r… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: One night, when some thieves came to his house, he would have been robbed and killed had it not been for the magic words “Boombye, Boomba,” which caused the death of all the robbers. Who acts: thieves, magic words, robbers. 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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 (thieves, magic words, robbers), 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:pg65965:22:67 # text = One night, when some thieves came to his house, he would have been robbed and killed had it not been for the magic words “Boombye, Boomba,” which caused the death of all the robbers. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 thieves thief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux _ _ 15 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 robbed rob VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 19 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 22 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 cop _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Boombye Boombye PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 Boomba Boomba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | some thieves | | | JUAN's house | night | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **rob** | would · perfect · passive | | JUAN | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | | 3 | **kill** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **have** | past | some thieves *not said here* | house | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **not** **is** | participle | | | | | | for the magic words; Boombye and Boomba *appos* | tree rules | | 6 | **cause** | past | the magic words | the death of all robbers | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition death=Patient | | 7 | **die** | | all robbers | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: of=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:** «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/22/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/22/67/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/22/)