--- title: When I see him coming I shall rap on the roof, and you must at once… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: When I see him coming I shall rap on the roof, and you must at once wake up the children and make them begin to cry, and when I ask you what they are crying about, you must say that they are getting impatient for their supper.” Who acts: I, Tiger, children, you. 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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 (I, Tiger, children, you), 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:pg75000:14:10 # text = When I see him coming I shall rap on the roof, and you must at once wake up the children and make them begin to cry, and when I ask you what they are crying about, you must say that they are getting impatient for their supper.” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 rap rap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 18 advmod _ _ 18 wake wake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 begin begin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 30 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 37 obj _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 38 about about ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 ccomp _ _ 47 impatient impatient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 xcomp _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | I | Tiger | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | gerund | Tiger *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **rap** | shall | I | | | the roof | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on roof=Location | | 4 | **wake up** | must | I *not said here* | the children | | | | once *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent child=Patient | | 5 | **make** | infinitive | I *not said here* | children *= child* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **begin** | infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | I | | you | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 9 | **cry** *speech: express* | present · progressive | children *= child* | | | | | what *obj*; about *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | must | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **get** | present · progressive | children *= child* | | | | | for children's supper; impatient *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for supper=Source | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/14/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/14/11/) - ↑ back to [The Jackals and the Tiger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/14/)