--- title: Brother Peacock,” said the Boy, “the King says that if I cannot at o… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Brother Peacock,” said the Boy, “the King says that if I cannot at once provide him with four Peacocks to sit on the four golden pinnacles of his palace, he will kill our mother and make me a slave.” Who acts: Brother Peacock, King, I. 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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 Peacock, King, I), 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:pg75000:13:58 # text = Brother Peacock,” said the Boy, “the King says that if I cannot at once provide him with four Peacocks to sit on the four golden pinnacles of his palace, he will kill our mother and make me a slave.” 1 Brother brother ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Peacock peacock NOUN NN 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 , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 16 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 20 obl _ _ 20 provide provide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 Peacocks peacock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 30 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 pinnacles pinnacle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 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 26 advcl _ _ 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 . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 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 Peacock | | | | | the Boy *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | 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* | can | I | | Peacock | | | with four Peacocks | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with peacock=Theme | | 4 | **sit** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | the four golden pinnacles of Peacock's palace | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on pinnacle=Location | | 5 | **kill** | future | King | our mother | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Theme | | 6 | **make** | infinitive | King *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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/59/) - ↑ back to [The Mouse’s Three Children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/)