--- title: In conclusion, I must express my grateful acknowledgments to Mr. Per… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: In conclusion, I must express my grateful acknowledgments to Mr. Perceval Landon, to whose suggestion the collection and publication of these Tales, as well as their illustration by a native artist, is in a great measure due; and I must thank him, moreover, for many valuable hints and much kindly sy --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/1/36/) [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/) / [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/1/) / 36 # Folk tales from Tibet, Opening, sentence 36 In conclusion, I must express my grateful acknowledgments to Mr. Perceval Landon, to whose suggestion the collection and publication of these Tales, as well as their illustration by a native artist, is in a great measure due; and I must thank him, moreover, for many valuable hints and much kindly sympathy and assistance. **Who acts:** I, my, Tales, native artist · **What happens:** express, be, thank, acknowledge, suggest, illustrate · **To what, where:** grateful acknowledgments, Perceval, conclusion, great measure, collection 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, my, Tales, native artist), 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:pg75000:1:36 # text = In conclusion, I must express my grateful acknowledgments to Mr. Perceval Landon, to whose suggestion the collection and publication of these Tales, as well as their illustration by a native artist, is in a great measure due; and I must thank him, moreover, for many valuable hints and much kindly sympathy and assistance. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 conclusion conclusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 express express VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 grateful grateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 acknowledgments acknowledgment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:desc _ _ 12 Perceval Perceval PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 Landon Landon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 suggestion suggestion NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 collection collection NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 publication publication NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 Tales Tale PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 30 cc _ _ 27 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 fixed _ _ 28 as as ADP IN _ 26 fixed _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 illustration illustration NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 artist artist NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 measure measure NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 41 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 thank thank VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 moreover moreover ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 53 valuable valuable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 hints hint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 conj _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 56 much much ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 sympathy sympathy NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 conj _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **express** | must | I | my grateful acknowledgments | Perceval Mr. | conclusion | | to suggestion of this Tales the collection and publication | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent acknowledgment=Theme to perceval=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | a great measure | | | tree rules | | 3 | **thank** *speech: thank* | must | I | | Perceval | | | many valuable hints and sympathy and assistance *conj*; moreover *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **acknowledge** | | my | | | | | | nom acknowledgment «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 5 | **suggest** | | this Tales the collection and publication | | | | | | nom suggestion «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | | 6 | **illustrate** | | a native artist | collection | | | | | nom illustration «communication transitive»: poss=patient by=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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/1/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/1/37/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/1/)