--- title: I observe, moreover, that it has neither beak nor claws, so I propos… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: I observe, moreover, that it has neither beak nor claws, so I propose that we invite it into the nest, and receive it hospitably in return for a good service which it has rendered to our children.” Who acts: I, creature, we. 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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 (I, creature, we), 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:pg75000:16:70 # text = I observe, moreover, that it has neither beak nor claws, so I propose that we invite it into the nest, and receive it hospitably in return for a good service which it has rendered to our children.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 observe observe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 moreover moreover ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 10 cc:preconj _ _ 10 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 12 cc _ _ 12 claws claw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 propose propose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 invite invite VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 receive receive VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 hospitably hospitably ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 rendered render VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **observe** | present | I | | | | | moreover *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **have** | present | creature | beak nor claws | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beak=Patient | | 3 | **propose** | present | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **invite** | present | we | creature | | the nest | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | | 5 | **receive** | infinitive | I *not said here* | creature | | return for a good service | | hospitably *property* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in return=Location | | 6 | **render** | present · perfect · passive | | a good service | our children | | | creature *nsubj:pass* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to child=Recipient | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/71/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/)