--- title: But presently, the poison taking effect, he fell to the ground stone… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: But presently, the poison taking effect, he fell to the ground stone dead, and the Boy, pulling the string which was attached to the Mouse’s tail, guided her out of the Elephant’s trunk till she reached the open air. Who acts: poison, Elephant, Boy, 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 (poison, Elephant, Boy, 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:pg75000:13:83 # text = But presently, the poison taking effect, he fell to the ground stone dead, and the Boy, pulling the string which was attached to the Mouse’s tail, guided her out of the Elephant’s trunk till she reached the open air. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 presently presently ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 pulling pull VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 acl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 attached attach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 33 guided guide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 out out ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Elephant Elephant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’s 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 41 till till SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | gerund | the poison *not said here* | effect | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Theme | | 2 | **fall** | past | Elephant | | | | | to the ground stone; presently *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to stone=Theme | | 3 | **pull** | gerund | the Boy *not said here* | the string | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Theme | | 4 | **attach** | past · passive | | the string | | | | to the Mouse's tail | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to tail=Co-Patient | | 5 | **guide** | past | the Boy | Mouse | | the Elephant's trunk | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme out trunk=Destination | | 6 | **reach** | past | Mouse | the open air | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent air=Theme | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/84/) - ↑ back to [The Mouse’s Three Children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/)