--- title: I have here, in my wallet, the whole of the viands which yesterday w… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: I have here, in my wallet, the whole of the viands which yesterday were placed before the Emperor for his consumption, and I propose at the audience to present them to him, and inform him what really happened. Who acts: I, Emperor. 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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 (I, Emperor), 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:pg75000:15:44 # text = I have here, in my wallet, the whole of the viands which yesterday were placed before the Emperor for his consumption, and I propose at the audience to present them to him, and inform him what really happened. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 wallet wallet NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 viands viand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 14 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 15 det _ _ 15 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:unmarked _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 18 before before ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 consumption consumption NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 propose propose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 audience audience NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 present present VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 inform inform VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 42 nsubj _ _ 41 really really ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | | | here | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **place** | past · passive | | my wallet | | | before the Emperor | for Emperor's consumption | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme before emperor=Destination | | 3 | **propose** | present | I | | | the audience | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **present** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | wallet | Emperor | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to he=Recipient | | 5 | **inform** *speech: other* | infinitive | I *not said here* | Emperor | | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **happen** | past | | | | | | what *nsubj* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **consume** | | Emperor | | | | | | nom consumption «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/45/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Three Thieves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/)