--- title: “Although,” said he, “I am very pleased at finding such a satisfacto… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “Although,” said he, “I am very pleased at finding such a satisfactory explanation for the disappearance of the eggs, the misdemeanour of my Prime Minister, and the insufficiency of my dinner, I cannot overlook the fact that you three men have behaved in a very unusual manner. 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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 (Emperor, fact, eggs), 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:pg75000:15:65 # text = “Although,” said he, “I am very pleased at finding such a satisfactory explanation for the disappearance of the eggs, the misdemeanour of my Prime Minister, and the insufficiency of my dinner, I cannot overlook the fact that you three men have behaved in a very unusual manner. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Although although ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ 13 at at SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 15 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 18 det:predet _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 satisfactory satisfactory ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 explanation explanation NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 disappearance disappearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 misdemeanour misdemeanour NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 appos _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 Prime Prime PROPN NNP _ 31 compound _ _ 31 Minister Minister PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 insufficiency insufficiency NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 overlook overlook VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 nummod _ _ 49 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 conj _ _ 50 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 behaved behave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 54 very very ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 unusual unusual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Emperor | the insufficiency of my dinner | | | | although *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Emperor | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **find** *in a quote* | gerund | Emperor *not said here* | such satisfactory explanation | | | | for the disappearance of the eggs | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent explanation=Theme for disappearance=Beneficiary | | 4 | **not** **overlook** *in a quote* | can | Emperor | the fact | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme | | 5 | **behave** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | the fact *not said here* | you | | a unusual manner | | | tree rules | | 6 | **disappear** *in a quote* | | the eggs | | | | | | nom disappearance «act intransitive»: of=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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/66/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Three Thieves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/)