--- title: If you succeed in this trial to my satisfaction you shall all three… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: If you succeed in this trial to my satisfaction you shall all three be well rewarded, and receive rank and lands in my country; but if you fail, you must take the consequences of your rashness, and you shall all three be put to death.” Who acts: you, my. 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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 (you, my), 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:pg75000:15:67 # text = If you succeed in this trial to my satisfaction you shall all three be well rewarded, and receive rank and lands in my country; but if you fail, you must take the consequences of your rashness, and you shall all three be put to death.” 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 succeed succeed VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 satisfaction satisfaction NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 15 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 16 rewarded reward VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 receive receive VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 rank rank NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 fail fail VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 parataxis _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 consequences consequence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 rashness rashness NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 44 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 45 det _ _ 45 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **succeed** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | this trial | | to my satisfaction | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in trial=Eventuality | | 2 | **reward** | shall · passive | | you | | | | all three *nsubj:pass*; well *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **receive** | imperative | you *not said here* | rank and lands | | my country | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent rank=Theme in country=Location | | 4 | **fail** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **take** | must | you | the consequences of your rashness | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme | | 6 | **put** | shall · passive | | you | | | | to death; all three *nsubj:pass* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 7 | **satisfy** | | my | | | | | | nom satisfaction «feeling 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/68/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Three Thieves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/)