--- title: I am Pen-dzong the Goat, and I and my friend Da-gye the Sheep hunted… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: I am Pen-dzong the Goat, and I and my friend Da-gye the Sheep hunted a Wolf into his lair this morning and tried to frighten him by telling him that we were going to skin him; and while I was away getting myself something to drink and eat the Wolf came out of his den and killed my poor friend Da-gye --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/12/41/) [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/) / [The Story of How the Hare Made a Fool…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/12/) / 41 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of How the Hare Made a Fool of the Wolf., sentence 41 I am Pen-dzong the Goat, and I and my friend Da-gye the Sheep hunted a Wolf into his lair this morning and tried to frighten him by telling him that we were going to skin him; and while I was away getting myself something to drink and eat the Wolf came out of his den and killed my poor friend Da-gye the Sheep, and then proceeded to chase me. **Who acts:** I, Sheep, we, Wolf, poor friend · **What happens:** be, gye, hunt, try, frighten, tell · **To what, where:** Pen dzong, Wolf, lair, Goat, skin, myself · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of How the Hare Made a Fool of the Wolf.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Sheep, we, Wolf), 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:pg75000:12:41 # text = I am Pen-dzong the Goat, and I and my friend Da-gye the Sheep hunted a Wolf into his lair this morning and tried to frighten him by telling him that we were going to skin him; and while I was away getting myself something to drink and eat the Wolf came out of his den and killed my poor friend Da-gye the Sheep, and then proceeded to chase me. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 Pen Penn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 dzong dzong NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Goat Goat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 14 Da Da PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 gye gye NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 hunted hunt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 lair lair NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 frighten frighten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 by by SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 ccomp _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 44 while while SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 away away ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 amod _ _ 49 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 48 obj _ _ 50 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 conj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 acl _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 conj _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 57 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 ccomp _ _ 58 out out ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 conj _ _ 64 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 65 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ _ 67 Da Da PROPN NNP Number=Sing 69 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 68 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 gye gye NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 ccomp _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 74 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 75 advmod _ _ 75 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 76 to to PART TO _ 77 mark _ _ 77 chase chase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 75 xcomp _ _ 78 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 77 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | I | Pen dzong and friend gye | | | | the Goat *appos*; something *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **gye** | | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hunt** | past | the Sheep | a Wolf | | Goat's lair | morning | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme | | 4 | **try** | past | the Sheep *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **frighten** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Sheep *not said here* | Goat | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | the Sheep *not said here* | | Goat | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **go** | past · progressive | we | skin Goat | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location skin=Theme | | 8 | **get** | past · progressive | I | myself | | | | away *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer myself=Stimulus | | 9 | **drink** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **eat** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **come out** | past | the Wolf | Goat's den | | | | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient den=Result | | 12 | **kill** | past | the Wolf *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 13 | **gye** | | my poor friend | | | | | the Sheep *conj* | tree rules | | 14 | **proceed** | past | | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 15 | **chase** | to-infinitive | | me | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/12/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/12/42/) - ↑ 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/)