--- title: “The test which I have in store for you,” continued the Emperor, “is… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “The test which I have in store for you,” continued the Emperor, “is as follows: you must know that in my Treasury I have a great number of jewels and precious objects of all kinds; and the Treasury is enclosed within a treble wall ten fathoms in height, closed by iron gates, and is guarded night an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/69/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Folk tales from Tibet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/) / [The Story of the Three Thieves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/) / 69 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 69 “The test which I have in store for you,” continued the Emperor, “is as follows: you must know that in my Treasury I have a great number of jewels and precious objects of all kinds; and the Treasury is enclosed within a treble wall ten fathoms in height, closed by iron gates, and is guarded night and day by companies of my most faithful soldiers. **Who acts:** Emperor, you, companies · **What happens:** have, continue, be, know, enclose, close · **To what, where:** test, store, Emperor, great number, Treasury, height · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Emperor, you, companies), 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:pg75000:15:69 # text = “The test which I have in store for you,” continued the Emperor, “is as follows: you must know that in my Treasury I have a great number of jewels and precious objects of all kinds; and the Treasury is enclosed within a treble wall ten fathoms in height, closed by iron gates, and is guarded night and day by companies of my most faithful soldiers. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 ccomp _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 obj _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 store store NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 13 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 Treasury treasury NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 objects object NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 41 det _ _ 41 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Treasury Treasury PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 enclosed enclose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 parataxis _ _ 48 within within ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 treble treble NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 52 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 53 nummod _ _ 53 fathoms fathom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl:unmarked _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 57 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 conj _ _ 58 by by ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ _ 60 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux:pass _ _ 64 guarded guard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 65 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl:unmarked _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 conj _ _ 68 by by ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 companies company NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obl:agent _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 71 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 74 nmod:poss _ _ 72 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 73 advmod _ _ 73 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 74 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Emperor | the test | | store | | for you | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | | 2 | **continue** | past | | the Emperor | | | | the test *ccomp* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | follow *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | must | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Emperor | a great number of jewels and precious objects of all kinds | | my Treasury | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient | | 6 | **enclose** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the Treasury | | height | | within a treble wall; ten fathoms *obl:unmarked* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme | | 7 | **close** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | by iron gates | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **guard** *in a quote* | present · passive | companies of my faithful soldiers | | | | night | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/70/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Three Thieves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/)