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title: The other two Thieves, on hearing this story, congratulated their co… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: The other two Thieves, on hearing this story, congratulated their comrade on his successful manœuvre, and the third Thief proceeded to relate his adventures as follows: Who acts: other two Thieves, third Thief, Emperor. A sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 33

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The other two Thieves, on hearing this story, congratulated their comrade on his successful manœuvre, and the third Thief proceeded to relate his adventures as follows:

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**Who acts:** other two Thieves, third Thief, Emperor · **What happens:** hear, congratulate, proceed, relate, follow, adventure · **To what, where:** story, comrade, successful manœuvre, adventures

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This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Three Thieves.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (other two Thieves, third Thief, Emperor), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75000:15:33
# text = The other two Thieves, on hearing this story, congratulated their comrade on his successful manœuvre, and the third Thief proceeded to relate his adventures as follows:
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	Thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
8	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
11	congratulated	congratulate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	comrade	comrade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	successful	successful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	manœuvre	manœuvre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	22	amod	_	_
22	Thief	Thief	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
23	proceeded	proceed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	relate	relate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	xcomp	_	_
26	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	adventures	adventure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obj	_	_
28	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
29	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | gerund | the other two Thieves *not said here* | this story |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus |
| 2 | **congratulate** | past | the other two Thieves | Thieves's comrade |  | Emperor's successful manœuvre |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comrade=Theme |
| 3 | **proceed** | past | the third Thief |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **relate** | to-infinitive | the third Thief *not said here* | Emperor's adventures |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adventure=Theme |
| 5 | **follow** | present | the third Thief *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **adventure** |  | Emperor |  |  |  |  |  | nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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