--- title: I beg you when I am dead to strip off my skin and to hand it over to… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: I beg you when I am dead to strip off my skin and to hand it over to my young ones as a mat for them to lie on, and in return for this service you can have my flesh for yourself.” Who acts: I, you. 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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 (I, you), 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:pg75000:12:45 # text = I beg you when I am dead to strip off my skin and to hand it over to my young ones as a mat for them to lie on, and in return for this service you can have my flesh for yourself.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 beg beg VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 strip strip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 10 off off ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 hand hand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 over over ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 22 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 mat mat NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nmod _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 29 on on ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | present | I | | you | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | I | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **strip off** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | my skin | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient | | 4 | **hand over** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | skin | my young ones | | | as a mat for chance | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to one=Destination | | 5 | **lie on** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **have** | can | you | my flesh | | return for this service | | for yourself | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/12/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/12/46/) - ↑ 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/)