--- title: But if you will allow me to do so I will show you where he lives, an… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: But if you will allow me to do so I will show you where he lives, and if you can succeed in killing him he will make a very much better meal for you than a poor little beast like me.” Who acts: you, I, Uncle. 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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 (you, I, Uncle), 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:pg75000:10:7 # text = But if you will allow me to do so I will show you where he lives, and if you can succeed in killing him he will make a very much better meal for you than a poor little beast like me.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 succeed succeed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 23 in in SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 killing kill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 parataxis _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 30 very very ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 much much ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 33 amod _ _ 33 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 36 than than ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 41 like like ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **allow** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | | me | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer i=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **show** | future | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **live** | present | Uncle | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **succeed** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | you | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **kill** | gerund | Uncle *not said here* | Uncle | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **make** | future | Uncle | a better meal | | | | for you; than a poor little beast; like me | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent meal=Product for you=Beneficiary | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/10/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/10/8/) - ↑ back to [The Hare and the Lions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/10/)