--- title: The young Man, however, had become so accustomed to her presence tha… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The young Man, however, had become so accustomed to her presence that he could hardly believe that the Fairy King’s words would come true and that he should really be deprived of his wife when the appointed time arrived. Who acts: young Man, two, words, Fairy King. 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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 (young Man, two, words, Fairy King), 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:pg75000:16:54 # text = The young Man, however, had become so accustomed to her presence that he could hardly believe that the Fairy King’s words would come true and that he should really be deprived of his wife when the appointed time arrived. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 however however ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 accustomed accustom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 xcomp _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’s 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 27 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 really really ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 deprived deprive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 advcl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 when when SCONJ WRB _ 42 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 amod _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl:unmarked _ _ 42 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past · perfect | the young Man | | | | | however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **accustom** | participle | the young Man *not said here* | | | | | to wife's presence | tree rules | | 3 | **believe** | could | two | wife's presence *not said here* | | | | hardly *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | would | the Fairy King's words | | | | | true *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **deprive** | should · passive | | two | | | | of two's wife | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source of wife=Theme | | 6 | **appoint** | participle | | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **arrive** | participle | the Fairy King's words *not said here* | | | | time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **word** | | the Fairy King | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/55/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/)