--- title: When they were all ready, the first Tiger told his brother to mount… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: When they were all ready, the first Tiger told his brother to mount upon his back, and so, with the Boy leading the way, and the other Tigers following in procession, they all went off in a body to the King’s palace. Who acts: directions, first Tiger, Boy, other Tigers. 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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 (directions, first Tiger, Boy, other Tigers), 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:pg75000:13:41 # text = When they were all ready, the first Tiger told his brother to mount upon his back, and so, with the Boy leading the way, and the other Tigers following in procession, they all went off in a body to the King’s palace. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 all all ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 amod _ _ 9 Tiger Tiger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 iobj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 mount mount VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 15 upon upon ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 vocative _ _ 25 leading lead VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 Tigers Tiger PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 33 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 acl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 procession procession NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 39 advmod _ _ 39 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 40 off off ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’s 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | directions *= direction* | | | | | all, ready *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the first Tiger | | Tiger's brother | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **mount** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the first Tiger *not said here* | | | Tiger's back | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon back=Destination | | 4 | **lead** | gerund | the Boy *not said here* | the way | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 5 | **follow** | gerund | the other Tigers *not said here* | | | procession | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in procession=Location | | 6 | **go off** | past | directions *= direction* | the other Tigers *not said here* | | a body | | to the King's palace | tree rules | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/42/) - ↑ back to [The Mouse’s Three Children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/)