--- title: Seating himself upon his throne, he summoned his three daughters bef… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Seating himself upon his throne, he summoned his three daughters before him and informed them of what had occurred; and he gave orders to his middle daughter to prepare herself forthwith to go and marry a mortal. Who acts: Boy. 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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 (Boy), 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:pg75000:16:44 # text = Seating himself upon his throne, he summoned his three daughters before him and informed them of what had occurred; and he gave orders to his middle daughter to prepare herself forthwith to go and marry a mortal. 1 Seating seat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 2 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 1 obj _ _ 3 upon upon ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 summoned summon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 before before ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 informed inform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 occurred occur VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 25 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 middle middle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 prepare prepare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 32 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 obj _ _ 33 forthwith forthwith ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 mortal mortal NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seat** | gerund | Boy *not said here* | Boy | | | | upon Boy's throne | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location himself=Value | | 2 | **summon** | past | Boy | | Boy's three daughters | | before fairy | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Recipient | | 3 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | Boy *not said here* | | daughters *= daughter* | | | what *obl* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Recipient of what=Topic | | 4 | **occur** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **give** | past | Boy | orders | Boy's middle daughter | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent order=Theme to daughter=Recipient | | 6 | **prepare** | to-infinitive | Boy *not said here* | condition | | | | forthwith *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient | | 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | Boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **marry** | infinitive | Boy *not said here* | a mortal | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mortal=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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/45/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/)