--- title: So they agreed to separate for twenty-four hours, and to meet next d… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: So they agreed to separate for twenty-four hours, and to meet next day in the courtyard of the palace, each bringing some gift to the Emperor which would please him, and prove to him that they were men of no usual calibre. Who acts: Thieves, each, gift. 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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 (Thieves, each, gift), 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:pg75000:15:17 # text = So they agreed to separate for twenty-four hours, and to meet next day in the courtyard of the palace, each bringing some gift to the Emperor which would please him, and prove to him that they were men of no usual calibre. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 separate separate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 15 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 25 nsubj _ _ 25 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 26 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 27 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 please please VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl:relcl _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 47 det _ _ 46 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 calibre calibre NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | Thieves *= thief* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **separate** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Thieves *= thief* *not said here* | | | | hour | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **meet** | to-infinitive | Thieves *= thief* *not said here* | | | the courtyard of the palace | day | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bring** | gerund | each | some gift | the Emperor | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gift=Theme to emperor=Destination | | 5 | **please** | would | some gift | line | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 6 | **prove** | infinitive | some gift *not said here* | | line | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** | past | Thieves *= thief* | men | | | | of no usual calibre | tree rules | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/18/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Three Thieves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/)