--- title: They studied the premises carefully before approaching too near, and… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: They studied the premises carefully before approaching too near, and they soon ascertained that the whole of the wedding party were busy feasting in the central room, and that the larder, full of good things to eat and drink, was quite unguarded. Who acts: three. 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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 (three), 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:pg75000:12:66 # text = They studied the premises carefully before approaching too near, and they soon ascertained that the whole of the wedding party were busy feasting in the central room, and that the larder, full of good things to eat and drink, was quite unguarded. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 studied study VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 premises premise NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 before before SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 approaching approach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 8 too too ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 near near ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 14 ascertained ascertain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 feasting feasting NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 central central ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 larder larder NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 45 quite quite ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 unguarded unguard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **study** | past | three | the premises | | | | carefully *property* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent premise=Topic | | 2 | **approach** | gerund | three *not said here* | | | | | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ascertain** | past | three | | | the central room | | soon *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | past | | whole busy feasting | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **eat** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **drink** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **unguard** | past · passive | | the larder | | | | | tree rules | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/12/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/12/67/) - ↑ 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/)