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title: He then gave notice that, on the previous day, the eggs had all been… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: He then gave notice that, on the previous day, the eggs had all been stolen from under the Emperor’s favourite pea-hen, and that any person who could find the eggs or give any information concerning their loss should receive a reward; secondly, that for a breach of etiquette the Prime Minister had b
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 48

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He then gave notice that, on the previous day, the eggs had all been stolen from under the Emperor’s favourite pea-hen, and that any person who could find the eggs or give any information concerning their loss should receive a reward; secondly, that for a breach of etiquette the Prime Minister had been imprisoned, and that unless he could explain his offence before six o’clock that evening he was to be beheaded, and that any person who could offer assistance in the matter would be well paid and otherwise rewarded by the Emperor; thirdly, that owing to bad attendance during the Emperor’s repast the previous day, all the domestic officials of the palace had been imprisoned, and would be beheaded at six o’clock that evening unless they could give a satisfactory explanation; and that any person who could assist in the matter would be well rewarded for his pains.

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**Who acts:** herald, person, information, breach, eggs · **What happens:** give, steal, find, concern, receive, imprison · **To what, where:** notice, eggs, loss, reward, Prime Minister, offence

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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 (herald, person, information, breach), 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:pg75000:15:48
# text = He then gave notice that, on the previous day, the eggs had all been stolen from under the Emperor’s favourite pea-hen, and that any person who could find the eggs or give any information concerning their loss should receive a reward; secondly, that for a breach of etiquette the Prime Minister had been imprisoned, and that unless he could explain his offence before six o’clock that evening he was to be beheaded, and that any person who could offer assistance in the matter would be well paid and otherwise rewarded by the Emperor; thirdly, that owing to bad attendance during the Emperor’s repast the previous day, all the domestic officials of the palace had been imprisoned, and would be beheaded at six o’clock that evening unless they could give a satisfactory explanation; and that any person who could assist in the matter would be well rewarded for his pains.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	notice	notice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	previous	previous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
15	all	all	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
16	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	appos	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
19	under	under	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	’s	's	PART	POS	_	21	case	_	_
23	favourite	favourite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
24	pea	pea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
29	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
30	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	31	det	_	_
31	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	advcl	_	_
32	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	34	nsubj	_	_
33	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	acl:relcl	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obj	_	_
37	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	conj	_	_
39	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	40	det	_	_
40	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nsubj	_	_
41	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	40	acl	_	_
42	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	_
44	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	45	aux	_	_
45	receive	receive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	ccomp	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
49	secondly	secondly	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
51	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obj	_	_
52	for	for	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	breach	breach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	etiquette	etiquette	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nmod	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
58	Prime	Prime	PROPN	NNP	_	59	compound	_	_
59	Minister	Minister	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	nsubj:pass	_	_
60	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	62	aux	_	_
61	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	62	aux:pass	_	_
62	imprisoned	imprison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	54	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
64	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
65	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	69	mark	_	_
66	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	69	mark	_	_
67	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	69	nsubj	_	_
68	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	69	aux	_	_
69	explain	explain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
70	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	71	nmod:poss	_	_
71	offence	offence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obj	_	_
72	before	before	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
73	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	74	nummod	_	_
74	o’clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obl	_	_
75	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	76	det	_	_
76	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	74	appos	_	_
77	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	81	nsubj:pass	_	_
78	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	81	aux:pass	_	_
79	to	to	PART	TO	_	81	mark	_	_
80	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	81	aux:pass	_	_
81	beheaded	behead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	76	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	89	punct	_	_
83	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	89	cc	_	_
84	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	89	mark	_	_
85	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	86	det	_	_
86	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	89	nsubj	_	_
87	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	89	nsubj	_	_
88	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	89	aux	_	_
89	offer	offer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	69	conj	_	_
90	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	97	nsubj:pass	_	_
91	in	in	ADP	IN	_	93	case	_	_
92	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	93	det	_	_
93	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	90	nmod	_	_
94	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	97	aux	_	_
95	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	97	aux:pass	_	_
96	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	97	advmod	_	_
97	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	89	parataxis	_	_
98	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	100	cc	_	_
99	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	100	advmod	_	_
100	rewarded	reward	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	97	conj	_	_
101	by	by	ADP	IN	_	103	case	_	_
102	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	103	det	_	_
103	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	100	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
104	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	105	punct	_	_
105	thirdly	thirdly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
106	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	108	punct	_	_
107	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	108	mark	_	_
108	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
109	to	to	ADP	IN	_	111	case	_	_
110	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	111	amod	_	_
111	attendance	attendance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	108	obl	_	_
112	during	during	ADP	IN	_	116	case	_	_
113	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	114	det	_	_
114	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	116	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
115	’s	's	PART	POS	_	114	case	_	_
116	repast	repast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	108	obl	_	_
117	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	119	det	_	_
118	previous	previous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	119	amod	_	_
119	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	108	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
120	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	124	punct	_	_
121	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	124	det:predet	_	_
122	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	124	det	_	_
123	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	124	amod	_	_
124	officials	official	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	108	obl	_	_
125	of	of	ADP	IN	_	127	case	_	_
126	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	127	det	_	_
127	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	130	obl	_	_
128	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	130	aux	_	_
129	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	130	aux:pass	_	_
130	imprisoned	imprison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	124	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
131	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	135	punct	_	_
132	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	135	cc	_	_
133	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	135	aux	_	_
134	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	135	aux:pass	_	_
135	beheaded	behead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
136	at	at	ADP	IN	_	138	case	_	_
137	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	138	nummod	_	_
138	o’clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	135	obl	_	_
139	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	140	det	_	_
140	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	138	obl:unmarked	_	_
141	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	144	mark	_	_
142	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	144	nsubj	_	_
143	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	144	aux	_	_
144	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	135	advcl	_	_
145	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	147	det	_	_
146	satisfactory	satisfactory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	147	amod	_	_
147	explanation	explanation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	144	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
148	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	162	punct	_	_
149	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	162	cc	_	_
150	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	162	mark	_	_
151	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	152	det	_	_
152	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	162	nsubj:pass	_	_
153	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	155	nsubj	_	_
154	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	155	aux	_	_
155	assist	assist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	152	acl:relcl	_	_
156	in	in	ADP	IN	_	158	case	_	_
157	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	158	det	_	_
158	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	155	obl	_	_
159	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	162	aux	_	_
160	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	162	aux:pass	_	_
161	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	162	advmod	_	_
162	rewarded	reward	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
163	for	for	ADP	IN	_	165	case	_	_
164	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	165	nmod:poss	_	_
165	pains	pain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	162	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
166	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | herald | notice |  |  | then | any person *advcl*; that *obj*; thirdly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent notice=Recipient that=Theme |
| 2 | **steal** | past · perfect · passive |  | the eggs |  |  | day | from the Emperor's favourite pea hen; that *obl*; all *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from hen=Source |
| 3 | **find** | could | any person | the eggs |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Topic |
| 4 | **give** | infinitive | any person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **concern** | gerund | any information *not said here* | eggs's loss |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus loss=Experiencer |
| 6 | **receive** | should | any information | a reward |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Theme |
| 7 | **imprison** | past · perfect · passive | a breach of etiquette *not said here* | the Prime Minister |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 8 | **explain** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | could | herald | herald's offence |  |  | before six o’clock |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offence=Topic |
| 9 | **behead** | past · passive | herald *not said here* | herald |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 10 | **offer** | could | any person |  |  |  |  | who *nsubj* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **pay** | would · passive |  | assistance in the matter |  |  |  | well *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
| 12 | **reward** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | the Emperor *obl:agent*; otherwise *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 13 | **owe** | gerund | herald *not said here* | all domestic officials |  |  | during the Emperor's repast; day | to bad attendance *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to attendance=Goal |
| 14 | **imprison** | past · perfect · passive |  | all domestic officials *not said here* |  |  |  | of the palace | vn confine-92 «NP V NP» |
| 15 | **behead** | would · passive | herald *not said here* |  |  | six o’clock  that evening |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP» |
| 16 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | eggs *= egg* | a satisfactory explanation |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent explanation=Theme |
| 17 | **assist** | could | any person |  |  | the matter |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 18 | **reward** | would · passive |  | any person |  |  |  | for herald's pains; well *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for pain=Attribute |
| 19 | **breach** |  |  | etiquette |  |  |  |  | nom breach «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 20 | **offend** |  | herald |  |  |  |  |  | nom offence «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 21 | **pain** |  | herald |  |  |  |  |  | nom pain «state 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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