--- title: We would, therefore, venture to suggest that, before putting us to t… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: We would, therefore, venture to suggest that, before putting us to this test, you should have a complete enumeration made of all the jewels in your Treasury; then, when we produce the three pearls in question, it will be easy to ascertain whether there are in the Treasury three pearls less than ther --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/74/) [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/) / 74 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 74 We would, therefore, venture to suggest that, before putting us to this test, you should have a complete enumeration made of all the jewels in your Treasury; then, when we produce the three pearls in question, it will be easy to ascertain whether there are in the Treasury three pearls less than there were when the enumeration was made.” **Who acts:** We, you · **What happens:** venture, suggest, put, have, make, produce · **To what, where:** that, us, complete enumeration, three pearls, question, Treasury 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 (We, you), 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:pg75000:15:74 # text = We would, therefore, venture to suggest that, before putting us to this test, you should have a complete enumeration made of all the jewels in your Treasury; then, when we produce the three pearls in question, it will be easy to ascertain whether there are in the Treasury three pearls less than there were when the enumeration was made.” 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 venture venture VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 suggest suggest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 before before SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 13 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 enumeration enumeration NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 Treasury treasury NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 33 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 36 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 produce produce VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 expl _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 47 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 ascertain ascertain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 52 expl _ _ 52 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 Treasury Treasury PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 57 nummod _ _ 57 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 nsubj:pass _ _ 58 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 61 advmod _ _ 59 than than ADP IN _ 58 fixed _ _ 60 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 61 expl _ _ 61 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 aux:pass _ _ 62 when when SCONJ WRB _ 66 mark _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 enumeration enumeration NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj:pass _ _ 65 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 aux:pass _ _ 66 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **venture** | would | We | | | | | therefore *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | to-infinitive | We *not said here* | that | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic | | 3 | **put** | gerund | We *not said here* | | us | | | to this test | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent we=Goal | | 4 | **have** | should | you | a complete enumeration | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enumeration=Patient | | 5 | **make** | participle | | a complete enumeration *not said here* | | | | of all jewels in your Treasury | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 6 | **produce** | present | we | the three pearls | | question | then | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pearl=Result | | 7 | **is** | future | we *not said here* | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **ascertain** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **be** | present | we *not said here* | | | the Treasury; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in treasury=Location | | 10 | **make** | past · passive | | three pearls | | | | the enumeration *nsubj:pass* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/75/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Three Thieves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/)