--- title: In the course of my wanderings I learned that there exists amongst t… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: In the course of my wanderings I learned that there exists amongst this fascinating and little-known people a wealth of folk-lore, hitherto inaccessible to the outside world, and I made efforts to collect as many of their stories as I could. Who acts: I, my. 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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 (I, my), 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:pg75000:1:13 # text = In the course of my wanderings I learned that there exists amongst this fascinating and little-known people a wealth of folk-lore, hitherto inaccessible to the outside world, and I made efforts to collect as many of their stories as I could. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 wanderings wandering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 11 exists exist VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 12 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 13 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 nsubj _ _ 14 fascinating fascinating ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 amod _ _ 19 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 lore lore NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 hitherto hitherto ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 inaccessible inaccessible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 outside outside ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 37 efforts effort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 collect collect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 40 as as ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | past | I | | | the course of my wanderings | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **exist** | present | | | | there | | amongst fascinating known people this | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme amongst people=Location | | 3 | **know** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **make** | past | I | efforts | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effort=Product | | 5 | **collect** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | many of efforts's stories | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Theme | | 6 | **wander** | | my | | | | | | nom wandering «act 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/1/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/1/14/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/1/)