--- title: The Goat thanked the Sheep for her offer and told her how he had bee… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The Goat thanked the Sheep for her offer and told her how he had been acting during her absence, and after advising her to behave in the same manner and on no account to show any signs of fear, he went off to get something to eat and drink. Who acts: Goat, distance. 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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 (Goat, distance), 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:pg75000:12:22 # text = The Goat thanked the Sheep for her offer and told her how he had been acting during her absence, and after advising her to behave in the same manner and on no account to show any signs of fear, he went off to get something to eat and drink. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Goat Goat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 aux _ _ 16 acting act VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 17 during during ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 after after SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 advising advise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 behave behave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 34 det _ _ 34 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 37 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 38 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 44 off off ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 47 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 46 obj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 acl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | the Goat | | the Sheep | | | for distance's offer | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme for offer=Attribute | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Goat *not said here* | | distance | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 3 | **act** | past · perfect · progressive | Goat | | | | during distance's absence | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **advise** *speech: other* | gerund | Goat *not said here* | distance | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **behave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | distance *not said here* | | | the same manner and no account | | | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **show** | to-infinitive | distance *not said here* | any signs of fear | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sign=Recipient | | 7 | **go off** | past | Goat | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **get** | to-infinitive | Goat *not said here* | something | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | | 9 | **eat** | to-infinitive | Goat *not said here* | something *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **drink** | infinitive | Goat *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **offer** | | distance | | | | | | nom offer «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **absent** | | distance | | | | | | nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **sign** | | | fear | | | | | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/12/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/12/23/) - ↑ back to [The Story of How the Hare Made a Fool of the Wolf.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/12/)