--- title: The three Thieves, who had anticipated this action on the part of th… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The three Thieves, who had anticipated this action on the part of the Treasurer, meanwhile dressed themselves up in the complete robes which are proper for a palace official, and mingling unnoticed in the crowd, they followed the Treasurer to the gates of the Royal Treasury. 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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 (three Thieves, complete robes), 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:pg75000:15:80 # text = The three Thieves, who had anticipated this action on the part of the Treasurer, meanwhile dressed themselves up in the complete robes which are proper for a palace official, and mingling unnoticed in the crowd, they followed the Treasurer to the gates of the Royal Treasury. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 Thieves thief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 anticipated anticipate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Treasurer Treasurer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 19 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obj _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 official official ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 34 mingling mingle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 35 unnoticed unnoticed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Treasurer Treasurer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 Royal Royal ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 Treasury Treasury PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **anticipate** | past · perfect | the three Thieves | this action | | the part of the Treasurer | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Theme | | 2 | **dress up** | participle | the three Thieves *not said here* | Thieves *= thief* | | the complete robes | | meanwhile *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | | 3 | **is** | present | the complete robes | | | | | for a palace; proper *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **mingle** | gerund | the three Thieves *not said here* | | | the crowd | | unnoticed *property* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **follow** | past | the three Thieves | the Treasurer | | the gates of the Royal Treasury | | Thieves *= thief* *nsubj* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent treasurer=Theme to gate=Trajectory | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/81/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Three Thieves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/)