--- title: So summoning his Treasurer before him, he gave orders that a complet… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: So summoning his Treasurer before him, he gave orders that a complete enumeration of all the jewels and other precious objects in his Treasury should be made before nightfall that evening; and having issued his commands he dismissed the audience. Who acts: Emperor. 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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), 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:pg75000:15:76 # text = So summoning his Treasurer before him, he gave orders that a complete enumeration of all the jewels and other precious objects in his Treasury should be made before nightfall that evening; and having issued his commands he dismissed the audience. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 summoning summon VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 Treasurer treasurer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 before before ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 enumeration enumeration NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 objects object NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 Treasury treasury NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 26 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 29 before before ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 nightfall nightfall NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 aux _ _ 36 issued issue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 commands command NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 dismissed dismiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 audience audience NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **summon** | gerund | Emperor *not said here* | Emperor's Treasurer | | | before Emperor | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasurer=Recipient | | 2 | **give** | past | Emperor | orders | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | | 3 | **make** | should · passive | | a complete enumeration of all jewels in Emperor's Treasury and other precious objects | | | before nightfall that evening | orders *obj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary that=Product | | 4 | **issue** | gerund · perfect | Emperor *not said here* | Emperor's commands | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location command=Theme | | 5 | **dismiss** | past | Emperor | the audience | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent audience=Theme | | 6 | **enumerate** | | | all jewels in Emperor's Treasury and other precious objects | | | | | nom enumeration «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **command** | | Emperor | | | | | | nom command «communication 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/77/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Three Thieves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/)