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title: The three thieves, in common with the rest, were allotted each a sec… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: The three thieves, in common with the rest, were allotted each a section of the Treasury Chamber, of which they were to make a complete inventory, and whilst so employed they had no difficulty in each one secreting a large pearl after first placing it upon their list. Who acts: Thieves, difficulty. 
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Three Thieves., sentence 82

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The three thieves, in common with the rest, were allotted each a section of the Treasury Chamber, of which they were to make a complete inventory, and whilst so employed they had no difficulty in each one secreting a large pearl after first placing it upon their list.

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**Who acts:** Thieves, difficulty · **What happens:** allot, make, employ, have, secrete, place · **To what, where:** three thieves, complete inventory, difficulty, large pearl, list, Treasury Chamber

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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 (Thieves, difficulty), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75000:15:82
# text = The three thieves, in common with the rest, were allotted each a section of the Treasury Chamber, of which they were to make a complete inventory, and whilst so employed they had no difficulty in each one secreting a large pearl after first placing it upon their list.
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	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	allotted	allot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	section	section	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	Treasury	Treasury	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	Chamber	Chamber	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	26	obl	_	_
23	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
24	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	inventory	inventory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
32	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
33	so	so	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
34	employed	employ	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	advcl	_	_
35	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	_
37	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	38	det	_	_
38	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	41	det	_	_
41	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	_
42	secreting	secrete	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	38	acl	_	_
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
44	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	pearl	pearl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
46	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	48	mark	_	_
47	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	48	advmod	_	_
48	placing	place	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	42	advcl	_	_
49	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	obj	_	_
50	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allot** | past · passive |  | the three thieves |  |  |  | each section of the Treasury Chamber *obj* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal section=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past | Thieves *= thief* | a complete inventory |  |  |  | which *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset inventory=Product |
| 3 | **employ** | past | Thieves *= thief* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **have** | past | Thieves *= thief* | no difficulty |  |  |  | in each one | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent difficulty=Patient |
| 5 | **secrete** | gerund | no difficulty *not said here* | a large pearl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **place** | gerund | no difficulty *not said here* | difficulty |  | Thieves's list |  | first *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme upon list=Destination |
| 7 | **section** |  |  | the Treasury Chamber |  |  |  |  | nom section «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 8 | **list** |  | Thieves *= thief* |  |  |  |  |  | nom list «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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