--- title: When at length the Tiger paused, many miles away, to take breath, he… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: When at length the Tiger paused, many miles away, to take breath, he looked back at his flanks, and all he saw of the Monkey was a bit of its tail which had broken off and was still twisted round his own. Who acts: Tiger, Monkey. 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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 (Tiger, Monkey), 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:pg75000:14:39 # text = When at length the Tiger paused, many miles away, to take breath, he looked back at his flanks, and all he saw of the Monkey was a bit of its tail which had broken off and was still twisted round his own. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Tiger Tiger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 6 paused pause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 14 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 back back ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 flanks flank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 26 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Monkey Monkey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 off off ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 42 still still ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 twisted twist VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 44 round round ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pause** | past | Tiger *not said here* | | | length | | away *property* | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at length=Location | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | Tiger *not said here* | breath | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme | | 3 | **look back** | past | Tiger | | | | | at Tiger's flanks | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at flank=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | Tiger | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | past | the Monkey | | | | | of a bit; of bit's tail | tree rules | | 6 | **break off** | past · perfect · passive | | bit's tail | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **twist** | past · passive | Tiger *not said here* | | | Tiger's own | still | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: round own=Trajectory | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/14/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/14/40/) - ↑ back to [The Jackals and the Tiger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/14/)