--- title: The poor Boy was very down-hearted on hearing this, and went sadly b… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The poor Boy was very down-hearted on hearing this, and went sadly back to his mother with the news; but the little Mouse told him that it was all right, and giving him a handful of Peacock’s feathers, she instructed him how to proceed. Who acts: poor Boy, little Mouse, news, Mouse. 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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 (poor Boy, little Mouse, news, Mouse), 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:pg75000:13:49 # text = The poor Boy was very down-hearted on hearing this, and went sadly back to his mother with the news; but the little Mouse told him that it was all right, and giving him a handful of Peacock’s feathers, she instructed him how to proceed. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 down down ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 hearted hearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 on on SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 11 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 15 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 back back ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 Mouse Mouse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 all all ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 handful handful NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 Peacock Peacock PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 instructed instruct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 51 advmod _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 proceed proceed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the poor Boy | | | | | down, hearted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | gerund | the poor Boy *not said here* | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 3 | **go** | past | the poor Boy *not said here* | | | | | to Boy's mother with the news | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mother=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the little Mouse | | Boy | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | past | news | | | | | all, right *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | gerund | the little Mouse *not said here* | a handful of Peacock's feathers | Boy | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient handful=Theme | | 7 | **instruct** *speech: other* | past | Mouse | Boy | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **proceed** | to-infinitive | Mouse *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/50/) - ↑ back to [The Mouse’s Three Children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/)