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title: I leave the Tales to speak for themselves; but would invite, and sha… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: I leave the Tales to speak for themselves; but would invite, and shall cordially welcome, the criticisms and surmises of all students of folk-lore who are in a position to give an expert opinion upon such points, and to shed a light upon obscure corners into which I have been unable to penetrate. Wh
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# Folk tales from Tibet, Opening, sentence 30

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I leave the Tales to speak for themselves; but would invite, and shall cordially welcome, the criticisms and surmises of all students of folk-lore who are in a position to give an expert opinion upon such points, and to shed a light upon obscure corners into which I have been unable to penetrate.

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**Who acts:** I, folk lore · **What happens:** leave, speak, invite, welcome, be, give · **To what, where:** Tales, criticisms, position, expert opinion, light, obscure corners · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, folk lore), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75000:1:30
# text = I leave the Tales to speak for themselves; but would invite, and shall cordially welcome, the criticisms and surmises of all students of folk-lore who are in a position to give an expert opinion upon such points, and to shed a light upon obscure corners into which I have been unable to penetrate.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Tales	Tale	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	invite	invite	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	cordially	cordially	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	welcome	welcome	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	criticisms	criticism	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	surmises	surmise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	25	det	_	_
25	students	student	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	lore	lore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
30	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	34	nsubj	_	_
31	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	cop	_	_
32	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	appos	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	acl	_	_
37	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	expert	expert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	compound	_	_
39	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
40	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
45	to	to	PART	TO	_	46	mark	_	_
46	shed	shed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
47	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	_
49	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	obscure	obscure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	corners	corner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obl	_	_
52	into	into	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	57	obl	_	_
54	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	57	nsubj	_	_
55	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	57	aux	_	_
56	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	57	cop	_	_
57	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	acl:relcl	_	_
58	to	to	PART	TO	_	59	mark	_	_
59	penetrate	penetrate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	57	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present | I | the Tales |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Theme |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for TALES *= tale* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **invite** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn promote-102 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **welcome** | shall |  | the criticisms of all students of folk lore and surmises |  |  |  | cordially *property* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent criticism=Theme |
| 5 | **is** | present | folk lore |  |  | a position |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **give** | to-infinitive |  | a expert opinion |  |  |  | upon such points | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opinion=Theme |
| 7 | **shed** | to-infinitive |  | a light |  |  |  | upon obscure corners | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location light=Source |
| 8 | **is** | present · perfect | I |  |  | obscure corners |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **penetrate** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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