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title: The Tiger was somewhat reassured on hearing what the Baboon had to s… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: The Tiger was somewhat reassured on hearing what the Baboon had to say, but, even so, he was at first very reluctant to return again and to incur the danger of being eaten; but the Monkey encouraged him, and finally they set off together, the Monkey twisting his tail round the Tiger’s, in order to g
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Jackals and the Tiger., sentence 30

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The Tiger was somewhat reassured on hearing what the Baboon had to say, but, even so, he was at first very reluctant to return again and to incur the danger of being eaten; but the Monkey encouraged him, and finally they set off together, the Monkey twisting his tail round the Tiger’s, in order to give him a feeling of support and confidence.

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**Who acts:** Baboon, Monkey, people · **What happens:** reassure, hear, have, say, be, return · **To what, where:** Tiger, danger, Baboon, order, tail, feeling · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Jackals and the Tiger.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Baboon, Monkey, people), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75000:14:30
# text = The Tiger was somewhat reassured on hearing what the Baboon had to say, but, even so, he was at first very reluctant to return again and to incur the danger of being eaten; but the Monkey encouraged him, and finally they set off together, the Monkey twisting his tail round the Tiger’s, in order to give him a feeling of support and confidence.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Tiger	Tiger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	reassured	reassure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Baboon	Baboon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
15	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
17	even	even	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	so	so	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
21	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
22	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	25	obl	_	_
24	very	very	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	reluctant	reluctant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	_	_
27	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	xcomp	_	_
28	again	again	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	to	to	PART	TO	_	31	mark	_	_
31	incur	incur	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	conj	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	_
34	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
35	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	36	aux:pass	_	_
36	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	41	punct	_	_
38	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	Monkey	Monkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	nsubj	_	_
41	encouraged	encourage	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
42	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
45	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
46	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
47	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	conj	_	_
48	off	off	ADP	RP	_	47	compound:prt	_	_
49	together	together	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	Monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
53	twisting	twist	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	52	acl	_	_
54	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obj	_	_
56	round	round	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	Tiger	Tiger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	’s	's	PART	POS	_	58	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
61	in	in	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
63	to	to	PART	TO	_	64	mark	_	_
64	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	62	acl	_	_
65	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	64	iobj	_	_
66	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obj	_	_
68	of	of	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
69	support	support	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	nmod	_	_
70	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
71	confidence	confidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reassure** | past · passive |  | the Tiger |  |  |  | somewhat *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **hear** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | what *obj* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
| 3 | **have** | past | the Baboon |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the Baboon *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** | past | Baboon |  |  |  |  | reluctant *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **return** | to-infinitive | Baboon *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **incur** | to-infinitive | Baboon *not said here* | the danger |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **eat** | gerund · passive |  | the danger *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V» |
| 9 | **encourage** | past | the Monkey | Baboon |  | order |  | the Monkey *obl* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 10 | **set off** | past | people |  |  |  |  | finally, together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 11 | **twist** | gerund | the Monkey *not said here* | Monkey's tail |  |  |  | round the Tiger | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent tail=Theme round tiger=Trajectory |
| 12 | **give** | to-infinitive | the Monkey *not said here* | a feeling of support and confidence | Baboon |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient feeling=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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