--- title: As soon as they had arrived the young Gryphons proceeded to relate t… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as they had arrived the young Gryphons proceeded to relate to them at full length the terrible danger they had just escaped, and the gallant conduct of the young Man in slaying their would-be destroyer. Who acts: man, young Gryphons, terrible danger, young Man. 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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 (man, young Gryphons, terrible danger, young Man), 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:pg75000:16:66 # text = As soon as they had arrived the young Gryphons proceeded to relate to them at full length the terrible danger they had just escaped, and the gallant conduct of the young Man in slaying their would-be destroyer. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Gryphons gryphon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 relate relate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 just just ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 escaped escape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 gallant gallant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 34 in in SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 slaying slay VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 40 destroyer destroyer NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past · perfect | man | | | | | the gallant conduct of the young Man *conj*; soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **proceed** | past | the young Gryphons | | | | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **relate** | to-infinitive | the young Gryphons *not said here* | | Gryphons *= gryphon* | full length | | | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to they=Co-Theme | | 4 | **escape** | past · perfect · passive | the terrible danger *not said here* | man | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **slay** | gerund | the young Man *not said here* | | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | would | | Gryphons's destroyer | | | | Gryphons *= gryphon* *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 7 | **conduct** | | | the young Man | | | | | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/67/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/)