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title: He slept soundly all night, and when he awoke in the morning and sat… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head., sentence 56

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He slept soundly all night, and when he awoke in the morning and sat up and looked about him, what was his astonishment and horror to discover that, instead of lying upon his fine couch in his magnificent palace, with troops of servants ready to wait upon him, he was reposing upon the bare ground under the open sky, on a bleak hillside near to the spot where he had first conversed with the Fairy King.

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**Who acts:** word · **What happens:** sleep, awake, sit up, look, be, discover · **To what, where:** astonishment, that, magnificent palace, open sky

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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 (word), 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:pg75000:16:56
# text = He slept soundly all night, and when he awoke in the morning and sat up and looked about him, what was his astonishment and horror to discover that, instead of lying upon his fine couch in his magnificent palace, with troops of servants ready to wait upon him, he was reposing upon the bare ground under the open sky, on a bleak hillside near to the spot where he had first conversed with the Fairy King.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	soundly	soundly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	awoke	awake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
19	about	about	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	25	nsubj	_	_
23	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	astonishment	astonishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	horror	horror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	discover	discover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
30	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	29	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=SCONJ	34	mark	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	fixed	_	_
34	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	29	advcl	_	_
35	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
37	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	couch	couch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
41	magnificent	magnificent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	with	with	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	troops	troops	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	34	obl	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	nmod	_	_
48	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
49	to	to	PART	TO	_	50	mark	_	_
50	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	xcomp	_	_
51	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
54	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
55	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
56	reposing	repose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
57	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
59	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	60	amod	_	_
60	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	_
61	under	under	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
63	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	64	amod	_	_
64	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
66	on	on	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
67	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
68	bleak	bleak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	amod	_	_
69	hillside	hillside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	_
70	near	near	ADV	RB	_	69	advmod	_	_
71	to	to	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
72	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
73	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	nmod	_	_
74	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	78	advmod	_	_
75	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	78	nsubj	_	_
76	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	78	aux	_	_
77	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	78	advmod	_	_
78	conversed	converse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	73	acl:relcl	_	_
79	with	with	ADP	IN	_	82	case	_	_
80	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	82	det	_	_
81	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	82	compound	_	_
82	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	78	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | past | word |  |  |  | night | soundly *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **awake** | past | word |  |  |  | morning |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **sit up** | past | word *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **look** | past | word *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about word | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent about he=Theme |
| 5 | **is a** | past |  | word's astonishment and horror |  |  |  | what *nsubj*; word *nmod:poss*; horror *conj* | tree rules |
| 6 | **discover** | to-infinitive | word *not said here* | that |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic |
| 7 | **lie** | gerund | word *not said here* |  |  | word's magnificent palace |  | upon word's fine couch; with troops of servants | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon couch=Location |
| 8 | **wait** | to-infinitive | word *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon word | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Location |
| 9 | **repose** | past · progressive | word |  |  | the open sky |  | upon the bare ground; on a bleak hillside to the spot | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon ground=Location |
| 10 | **converse** *speech: other* | past · perfect | word |  |  |  |  | with the Fairy King; first *property* | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with king=Co-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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