--- title: He and his friend Da-gye the Sheep have both been killed by a Wolf,… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: He and his friend Da-gye the Sheep have both been killed by a Wolf, and he begged me after his death to strip off his skin and to take it as a last present from him to his young ones.” Who acts: Wolf, Goat. 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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 (Wolf, Goat), 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:pg75000:12:53 # text = He and his friend Da-gye the Sheep have both been killed by a Wolf, and he begged me after his death to strip off his skin and to take it as a last present from him to his young ones.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 5 Da Da PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 gye gye NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 both both ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 after after 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 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 strip strip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 27 off off ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | present · perfect · passive | a Wolf | Goat | | | | both *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Goat | | me | | after Goat's death | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 3 | **strip off** | to-infinitive | Goat *not said here* | Goat's skin | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient | | 4 | **take** | to-infinitive | Goat *not said here* | skin | Goat's young ones | | | as a last present; from Goat | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme from he=Initial\_Location to one=Destination | | 5 | **die** | | Goat | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/12/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/12/54/) - ↑ 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/)