--- title: “When we separated yesterday, I at once entered the Emperor’s antech… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “When we separated yesterday, I at once entered the Emperor’s antechamber, and mingled with the nobles and officials who were awaiting an audience with His Majesty, and amongst the others I soon noticed the Prime Minister. Who acts: we, officials, Thieves. 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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 (we, officials, Thieves), 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:pg75000:15:24 # text = “When we separated yesterday, I at once entered the Emperor’s antechamber, and mingled with the nobles and officials who were awaiting an audience with His Majesty, and amongst the others I soon noticed the Prime Minister. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 separated separate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 10 advmod _ _ 10 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’s 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 antechamber antechamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 mingled mingle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 nobles noble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 officials official NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 awaiting await VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 audience audience NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 Majesty Majesty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 33 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 38 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 Prime Prime PROPN NNP _ 41 compound _ _ 41 Minister Minister PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **separate** *in a quote* | past | we | | | | yesterday | I *nsubj* | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **enter** *in a quote* | past | we *not said here* | the Emperor's antechamber | | | | once *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme antechamber=Destination | | 3 | **mingle** *in a quote* | past | we *not said here* | | | | | with the nobles and officials | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with noble=Co-Patient | | 4 | **await** *in a quote* | past · progressive | officials | a audience | | | | with line's Majesty | tree rules | | 5 | **notice** *in a quote* | past | Thieves *= thief* | the Prime Minister | | | | amongst the others; soon *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer minister=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/25/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Three Thieves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/)