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title: They rushed hither and thither, between the kitchens and dining-hall… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: They rushed hither and thither, between the kitchens and dining-halls, upbraiding the scullions and other domestics for their carelessness, and preparing the most elaborate and copious dishes for the Emperor’s table. Who acts: officials. A sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Tra
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 42

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They rushed hither and thither, between the kitchens and dining-halls, upbraiding the scullions and other domestics for their carelessness, and preparing the most elaborate and copious dishes for the Emperor’s table.

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**Who acts:** officials · **What happens:** rush, upbraid, prepare · **To what, where:** kitchens, scullions, elaborate dishes

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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 (officials), 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:pg75000:15:42
# text = They rushed hither and thither, between the kitchens and dining-halls, upbraiding the scullions and other domestics for their carelessness, and preparing the most elaborate and copious dishes for the Emperor’s table.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rushed	rush	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	hither	hither	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	thither	thither	ADV	RB	_	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	between	between	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	kitchens	kitchen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	dining	dining	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	halls	hall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	upbraiding	upbraid	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	scullions	scullion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	domestics	domestic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	carelessness	carelessness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	preparing	prepare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	conj	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
28	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	29	advmod	_	_
29	elaborate	elaborate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	copious	copious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	conj	_	_
32	dishes	dish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obj	_	_
33	for	for	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	’s	's	PART	POS	_	35	case	_	_
37	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rush** | past | officials *= official* |  |  | the kitchens and dining halls; thither |  | hither *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between kitchen=Trajectory |
| 2 | **upbraid** | gerund | officials *= official* *not said here* | the scullions and other domestics |  |  |  | for officials's carelessness | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent scullion=Theme for carelessness=Attribute |
| 3 | **prepare** | gerund | officials *= official* *not said here* | the elaborate dishes |  |  |  | for the Emperor's table | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent dish=Product for table=Beneficiary |

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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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