--- title: “And I,” said the third, “can steal another man’s dinner from off hi… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “And I,” said the third, “can steal another man’s dinner from off his plate, and eat my fill as he sits at table, without the victim, or the man sitting opposite, being able to detect me.” Who acts: I, line, man. 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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, line, man), 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:pg75000:15:14 # text = “And I,” said the third, “can steal another man’s dinner from off his plate, and eat my fill as he sits at table, without the victim, or the man sitting opposite, being able to detect me.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 13 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 14 det _ _ 14 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 off off ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 plate plate NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 fill fill NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 without without ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 victim victim NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 ccomp _ _ 40 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 cop _ _ 43 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 detect detect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | the third | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **steal** *in a quote* | can | | another man's dinner | | line's plate | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dinner=Theme from plate=Source | | 3 | **eat** *in a quote* | infinitive | | my fill | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fill=Patient | | 4 | **sit** *in a quote* | present | line | | | table | | without the victim | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at table=Location | | 5 | **sit** *in a quote* | gerund | the man | | | | | opposite *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund | the man *not said here* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **detect** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the man *not said here* | me | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/15/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Three Thieves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/)