--- title: So he went forward alone, and, peeping in, he found that the Tiger w… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: So he went forward alone, and, peeping in, he found that the Tiger was out, but that he had left a large quantity of deer’s flesh lying in one corner, which apparently he had not had time to consume. Who acts: Tiger, flesh. 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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, flesh), 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:pg75000:14:6 # text = So he went forward alone, and, peeping in, he found that the Tiger was out, but that he had left a large quantity of deer’s flesh lying in one corner, which apparently he had not had time to consume. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 forward forward ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 alone alone ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 peeping peep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 advcl _ _ 10 in in ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Tiger Tiger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 out out ADV RB _ 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 quantity quantity NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 32 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 obj _ _ 38 apparently apparently ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 acl:relcl _ _ 43 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 consume consume VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Tiger | | | | | alone, forward *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **peep** | gerund | Tiger *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **find** | past | Tiger | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | the Tiger | | | | | out *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **leave** | past · perfect | Tiger | a large quantity of deer's flesh | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quantity=Theme | | 6 | **lie** | gerund | deer's flesh *not said here* | | | one corner | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location | | 7 | **not** **have** | past · perfect | Tiger | one corner | | | time | apparently *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | | 8 | **consume** | to-infinitive | Tiger *not said here* | | | | | | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/14/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/14/7/) - ↑ back to [The Jackals and the Tiger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/14/)