--- title: The Treasurer hurried off to do so, and after a short while he reapp… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The Treasurer hurried off to do so, and after a short while he reappeared, and informed the Emperor that, having carefully counted all the jewels, and having compared the numbers in the Treasury with the numbers on the inventory, he found that three pearls were indeed missing. 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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 (Treasurer, Emperor, three pearls), 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:pg75000:15:89 # text = The Treasurer hurried off to do so, and after a short while he reappeared, and informed the Emperor that, having carefully counted all the jewels, and having compared the numbers in the Treasury with the numbers on the inventory, he found that three pearls were indeed missing. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Treasurer Treasurer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hurried hurry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 after after SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 advcl _ _ 13 while while SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 reappeared reappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 informed inform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 conj _ _ 24 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 counted count VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 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 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 aux _ _ 32 compared compare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Treasury Treasury PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 inventory inventory NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 48 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 nummod _ _ 49 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 50 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 missing missing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurry off** | past | the Treasurer | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the Treasurer *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **reappear** | past | Treasurer | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | | the Emperor | | | | that *obj* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **count** | participle | | all jewels | | | | carefully *property* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jewel=Theme | | 7 | **compare** | gerund · perfect | the Treasurer *not said here* | the numbers | | the Treasury | | with the numbers on the inventory | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent number=Patient with number=Co-Patient | | 8 | **find** | past | Emperor | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | past | three pearls | | | | | indeed, missing *property* | tree rules | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/90/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Three Thieves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/15/)