--- title: The only way in which it could be done was to call in the assistance… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The only way in which it could be done was to call in the assistance of all the officials of the palace, and having allotted a section of the Treasure Chamber to each, to order them to make a complete inventory each of his own part. Who acts: only way. 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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 (only way), 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:pg75000:15:78 # text = The only way in which it could be done was to call in the assistance of all the officials of the palace, and having allotted a section of the Treasure Chamber to each, to order them to make a complete inventory each of his own part. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:outer _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 officials official NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 aux _ _ 26 allotted allot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 section section NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 Treasure Treasure PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 order order VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 inventory inventory NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 43 nmod _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 47 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | could · passive | | way | | the only way | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | past | the only way | | | the assistance of all officials of the palace | | call *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **allot** | gerund · perfect | the only way *not said here* | a section of the Treasure Chamber to each | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent section=Theme | | 4 | **order** | to-infinitive | the only way *not said here* | | officials *= official* | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **make** | to-infinitive | the only way *not said here* | a complete inventory each of Treasurer's own part | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset inventory=Product | | 6 | **assist** | | | all officials of the palace | | | | | nom assistance «act transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **section** | | | the Treasure Chamber to each | | | | | nom section «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/79/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Three Thieves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/)