--- title: The young Jackals were a good deal frightened at the smell of the Ti… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The young Jackals were a good deal frightened at the smell of the Tiger’s den, but Father Jackal reassured them, and said that he thoroughly understood Tigers, and knew how to deal with them. Who acts: young Jackals, Father Jackal, Tiger, den. 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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 (young Jackals, Father Jackal, Tiger, den), 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:pg75000:14:5 # text = The young Jackals were a good deal frightened at the smell of the Tiger’s den, but Father Jackal reassured them, and said that he thoroughly understood Tigers, and knew how to deal with them. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Jackals Jackal PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 smell smell NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Tiger Tiger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 Jackal Jackal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 reassured reassure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 thoroughly thoroughly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 30 Tigers Tiger PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 34 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 deal deal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the young Jackals | a good deal | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **frighten** | participle | | a good deal *not said here* | | the smell of the Tiger's den | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **reassure** | past | Father Jackal | dogs *= dog* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Father Jackal *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **understand** | past | Tiger | Tigers | | | | thoroughly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer tiger=Stimulus | | 6 | **know** | past | Tiger *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **deal** | to-infinitive | | | | | | with dogs *= dog* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with they=Theme | | 8 | **smell** | | the Tiger's den | | | | | | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/14/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/14/6/) - ↑ back to [The Jackals and the Tiger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/14/)