--- title: Scarcely had the words left his lips when he heard a low, deep growl… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Scarcely had the words left his lips when he heard a low, deep growl just beside him, and a great Tiger stalked out of the thicket, licking his chops. Who acts: Scarcely, words, great Tiger, Tiger. 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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 (Scarcely, words, great Tiger, Tiger), 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:pg75000:13:31 # text = Scarcely had the words left his lips when he heard a low, deep growl just beside him, and a great Tiger stalked out of the thicket, licking his chops. 1 Scarcely Scarcely PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 12 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 growl growl NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 16 just just ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 beside beside ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 Tiger Tiger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 stalked stalk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 25 out out ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 thicket thicket NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 licking lick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 chops chop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Scarcely | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **leave** | past | the words | Scarcely's lips | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lip=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | past | Scarcely | a low deep growl | | | | beside Tiger | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer growl=Stimulus | | 4 | **stalk** | past | a great Tiger | | | the thicket | | | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent out thicket=Location | | 5 | **lick** | gerund | a great Tiger *not said here* | Tiger's chops | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent chop=Source | | 6 | **chop** | | Tiger | | | | | | nom chop «phenomenon 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/32/) - ↑ back to [The Mouse’s Three Children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/)