--- title: “As soon as I left you yesterday,” began the first Thief, “I went in… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “As soon as I left you yesterday,” began the first Thief, “I went into the royal farm adjoining the palace, and there I found one of the Emperor’s pea-hens sitting upon her nest, and hatching a clutch of eggs, which was calculated to produce a breed of the very finest peacocks. 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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, royal farm, pea hens), 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:pg75000:15:19 # text = “As soon as I left you yesterday,” began the first Thief, “I went into the royal farm adjoining the palace, and there I found one of the Emperor’s pea-hens sitting upon her nest, and hatching a clutch of eggs, which was calculated to produce a breed of the very finest peacocks. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 As as ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 11 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 14 amod _ _ 14 Thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 adjoining adjoin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 acl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 31 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’s 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 pea pea NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 hens hen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 39 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 acl _ _ 40 upon upon ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 hatching hatch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 clutch clutch NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 calculated calculate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 acl:relcl _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 produce produce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 xcomp _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 breed breed NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 60 very very ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 62 amod _ _ 62 peacocks peacock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** *in a quote* | past | Thieves *= thief* | you | | | yesterday | soon *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 2 | **begin** | past | | the first Thief | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | past | Thieves *= thief* | | | the royal farm | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into farm=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **adjoin** *in a quote* | gerund | the royal farm *not said here* | the palace | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Co-Theme | | 5 | **find** *in a quote* | past | Thieves *= thief* | one of the Emperor's pea hens | | there | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic | | 6 | **sit** *in a quote* | gerund | the Emperor's pea hens *not said here* | | | China's nest | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon nest=Location | | 7 | **hatch** *in a quote* | gerund | Thieves *= thief* *not said here* | a clutch of eggs | | | | | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP V NP.product PP.patient»: agent=Agent clutch=Product | | 8 | **calculate** *in a quote* | past · passive | | eggs | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **produce** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | a breed of the finest peacocks | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breed=Result | | 10 | **clutch** *in a quote* | | | eggs | | | | | nom clutch «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/20/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Three Thieves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/)