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title: When the Boy arrived, he was brought before the King, and the King t… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: When the Boy arrived, he was brought before the King, and the King told him that as he had been found trespassing in the royal forests, he intended to kill the mother, and to keep the Boy as a slave, unless the Boy could furnish him at once with four full-grown Tigers to guard the four gates of the 
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Mouse’s Three Children., sentence 24

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When the Boy arrived, he was brought before the King, and the King told him that as he had been found trespassing in the royal forests, he intended to kill the mother, and to keep the Boy as a slave, unless the Boy could furnish him at once with four full-grown Tigers to guard the four gates of the palace, in which case he would marry the Boy to his daughter and would give him half his kingdom.

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**Who acts:** Boy, King · **What happens:** arrive, bring, tell, find, trespass, intend · **To what, where:** Boy, King, royal forests, mother, four gates, case · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Mouse’s Three Children.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Boy, King), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75000:13:24
# text = When the Boy arrived, he was brought before the King, and the King told him that as he had been found trespassing in the royal forests, he intended to kill the mother, and to keep the Boy as a slave, unless the Boy could furnish him at once with four full-grown Tigers to guard the four gates of the palace, in which case he would marry the Boy to his daughter and would give him half his kingdom.
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	iobj	_	_
18	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
19	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
21	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
22	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	ccomp	_	_
24	trespassing	trespass	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	23	xcomp	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	intended	intend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
32	to	to	PART	TO	_	33	mark	_	_
33	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	xcomp	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	advcl	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
42	as	as	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	slave	slave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
46	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	nsubj	_	_
49	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
50	furnish	furnish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	conj	_	_
51	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	obj	_	_
52	at	at	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	50	obl	_	_
54	with	with	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
55	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	59	nummod	_	_
56	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	56	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	59	amod	_	_
59	Tigers	Tiger	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	50	obl	_	_
60	to	to	PART	TO	_	61	mark	_	_
61	guard	guard	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	50	advcl	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
63	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	64	nummod	_	_
64	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	61	obj	_	_
65	of	of	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	74	punct	_	_
69	in	in	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	71	det	_	_
71	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	74	obl	_	_
72	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	74	nsubj	_	_
73	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	74	aux	_	_
74	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	61	conj	_	_
75	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	76	det	_	_
76	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	74	obj	_	_
77	to	to	ADP	IN	_	79	case	_	_
78	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	79	nmod:poss	_	_
79	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	74	obl	_	_
80	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	82	cc	_	_
81	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	82	aux	_	_
82	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	61	conj	_	_
83	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	82	iobj	_	_
84	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	86	det:predet	_	_
85	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	86	nmod:poss	_	_
86	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	82	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | past | the Boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bring** | past · passive |  | Boy |  |  | before the King |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme before king=Destination |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the King |  | Boy |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 4 | **find** | past · perfect · passive |  | King |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 5 | **trespass** | gerund | King *not said here* |  |  | the royal forests |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **intend** | past | King |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | the mother |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Theme |
| 8 | **keep** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | the Boy |  |  |  | as a slave | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme |
| 9 | **furnish** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | the Boy |  | King |  |  | with four grown Tigers | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with tiger=Theme |
| 10 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 11 | **guard** | to-infinitive | the Boy *not said here* | the four gates of the palace |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Beneficiary |
| 12 | **marry** | would | Boy | the Boy |  | which case |  | to Boy's daughter | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent boy=Patient to daughter=Co-Patient |
| 13 | **give** | would | the Boy *not said here* | Boy's kingdom | King |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient kingdom=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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