--- title: But if at any time you should require my assistance, all you have to… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: But if at any time you should require my assistance, all you have to do is to go to the top of that hill over there, and to throw a handful of my feathers into the air, and call my name three times.” Who acts: you, assistance, my. 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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 (you, assistance, my), 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:pg75000:13:11 # text = But if at any time you should require my assistance, all you have to do is to go to the top of that hill over there, and to throw a handful of my feathers into the air, and call my name three times.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 require require VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 nmod _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 over over ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 handful handful NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 46 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **require** | should | you | | | | time | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 2 | **have** | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | my assistance all | | | there | | to the top of that hill; go *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **throw** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a handful of my feathers | | | | into the air *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer handful=Theme into air=Result | | 6 | **call** | infinitive | | my name | | | time | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient | | 7 | **assist** | | my | | | | | | nom assistance «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **name** | | my | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/12/) - ↑ back to [The Mouse’s Three Children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/)