--- title: At last he determined that he would try to catch this Drake for hims… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: At last he determined that he would try to catch this Drake for himself, so he wove himself a long rope of yaks’ hair, big enough to completely encircle the lake, and he laid this upon the shore in a loop extending right round the lake; and at short intervals along the rope he fastened loops made of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Folk tales from Tibet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/) / [The Story of the Boy With the Deformed…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/) / 12 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head., sentence 12 At last he determined that he would try to catch this Drake for himself, so he wove himself a long rope of yaks’ hair, big enough to completely encircle the lake, and he laid this upon the shore in a loop extending right round the lake; and at short intervals along the rope he fastened loops made of the finest horse hair, the loose ends of which he left floating in the water. **Who acts:** Boy, loop · **What happens:** determine, try, catch, weave, encircle, lay · **To what, where:** last, Drake, Boy, lake, this, shore This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Boy, loop), 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:pg75000:16:12 # text = At last he determined that he would try to catch this Drake for himself, so he wove himself a long rope of yaks’ hair, big enough to completely encircle the lake, and he laid this upon the shore in a loop extending right round the lake; and at short intervals along the rope he fastened loops made of the finest horse hair, the loose ends of which he left floating in the water. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 Drake drake NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 wove weave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 yaks yak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’ 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 29 enough enough ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 31 completely completely ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 encircle encircle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 39 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 obj _ _ 40 upon upon ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 loop loop NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 extending extend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 acl _ _ 47 right right ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 48 round round ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 at at ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 intervals interval NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 56 along along ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 fastened fasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 acl:relcl _ _ 61 loops loop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obj _ _ 62 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 61 acl _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 65 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 67 amod _ _ 66 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 compound _ _ 67 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 ends end NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 conj _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 75 obl _ _ 74 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 nsubj _ _ 75 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 acl:relcl _ _ 76 floating float VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 75 xcomp _ _ 77 in in ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | past | Boy | | | last | | at short intervals along the rope and the loose ends | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **try** | would | Boy | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **catch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Boy *not said here* | this Drake | | | | for Boy | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent drake=Theme for himself=Beneficiary | | 4 | **weave** | past | Boy | Boy | | | | a long rope of yaks's hair *obj* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: agent=Agent himself=Beneficiary rope=Product | | 5 | **encircle** | to-infinitive | Boy *not said here* | the lake | | | | completely *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme lake=Co-Theme | | 6 | **lay** | past | Boy | this | | the shore in a loop | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent this=Theme upon shore=Destination | | 7 | **extend** | gerund | a loop *not said here* | the lake | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent lake=Theme | | 8 | **fasten** | past | Boy | loops | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loop=Patient | | 9 | **make** | participle | | loops *not said here* | | | | of the finest horse hair | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 10 | **leave** | past | Boy | | | | of the loose ends | | tree rules | | 11 | **float** | gerund | Boy *not said here* | | | the water | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/13/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/)