--- title: The youth accepted the invitation, and having explained that he was… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The youth accepted the invitation, and having explained that he was unable to fly, he mounted upon the Gryphon’s back and was speedily carried up the cliff, and deposited with the young Gryphons in the nest. Who acts: youth. 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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 (youth), 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:pg75000:16:72 # text = The youth accepted the invitation, and having explained that he was unable to fly, he mounted upon the Gryphon’s back and was speedily carried up the cliff, and deposited with the young Gryphons in the nest. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 accepted accept VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 invitation invitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 aux _ _ 9 explained explain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 19 upon upon ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Gryphon Gryphon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’s 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 26 speedily speedily ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 deposited deposit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 Gryphons gryphon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accept** | past | the youth | the invitation | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme | | 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | gerund · perfect | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | youth | | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **fly** | to-infinitive | youth *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **mount** | past | youth | | | the Gryphon's back | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon back=Destination | | 6 | **carry up** | past · passive | youth *not said here* | the cliff | | | | speedily *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: cliff=Theme | | 7 | **deposit** | participle | youth *not said here* | | | | | with the young Gryphons in the nest | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/73/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/)