--- title: Brother Tiger,” said the Boy, “the King has said that if I do not im… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Brother Tiger,” said the Boy, “the King has said that if I do not immediately provide him with four full-grown Tigers to guard the four gates of his palace he will kill our mother and make me a slave.” Who acts: Brother Tiger, King, I, four gates. 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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 (Brother Tiger, King, I, four gates), 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:pg75000:13:35 # text = Brother Tiger,” said the Boy, “the King has said that if I do not immediately provide him with four full-grown Tigers to guard the four gates of his palace he will kill our mother and make me a slave.” 1 Brother brother ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Tiger Tiger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 17 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 19 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 provide provide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 23 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 24 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 amod _ _ 27 Tigers Tiger PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 guard guard VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 39 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Brother Tiger | | | | | the Boy *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | the King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **provide** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | I | | Tiger | | | with four grown Tigers; immediately *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with tiger=Theme | | 4 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **guard** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Beneficiary | | 6 | **kill** | future | the four gates | our mother | | | | of Tiger's palace; Tiger *nsubj* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent mother=Theme of palace=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **make** | infinitive | the four gates *not said here* | a slave | me | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset i=Beneficiary slave=Product | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/36/) - ↑ back to [The Mouse’s Three Children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/)