--- title: This man, who was very clever at his work, was often employed in the… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: This man, who was very clever at his work, was often employed in the King’s palace, and one day, as he was going to his work in the palace, he passed near to the Mouse’s nest. Who acts: man, country. 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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 (man, country), 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:pg75000:13:18 # text = This man, who was very clever at his work, was often employed in the King’s palace, and one day, as he was going to his work in the palace, he passed near to the Mouse’s nest. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 13 often often ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 employed employ VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 38 near near ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’s 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | this man | | | country's work | | clever *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **employ** | past · passive | | this man | | the King's palace and one day | | often *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past · progressive | country | | | the palace | | to country's work | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to work=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **pass** | past | country | | | the Mouse's nest | | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to nest=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **work** | | country | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **work** | | country | | | | | | nom work «act 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/19/) - ↑ back to [The Mouse’s Three Children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/)