--- title: It ended in our having a free fight, and I regret to say that I was… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: It ended in our having a free fight, and I regret to say that I was obliged to injure Mr. Lion rather severely before I could make him see reason, and he is now lying in a dying state in the valley below.” Who acts: fact, our, I, Lion. 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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 (fact, our, I, Lion), 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:pg75000:10:39 # text = It ended in our having a free fight, and I regret to say that I was obliged to injure Mr. Lion rather severely before I could make him see reason, and he is now lying in a dying state in the valley below.” 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 regret regret VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 ccomp _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 injure injure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:desc _ _ 22 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 rather rather ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 severely severely ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 25 before before SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 37 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 dying die VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 amod _ _ 41 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 45 below below ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end** | past | fact | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **have** | gerund | our | a free fight | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Patient | | 3 | **regret** | present | I | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **oblige** | past · passive | | I | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 6 | **injure** | to-infinitive | | Lion Mr. | | | | severely *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **make** | could | I | Lion | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **see** | infinitive | Lion *not said here* | reason | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reason=Stimulus | | 9 | **lie** | present · progressive | Hare | | | a dying state | now | in the valley | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in state=Location | | 10 | **die** | gerund | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/10/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/10/40/) - ↑ back to [The Hare and the Lions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/10/)