--- title: After making a good dinner off the food which the parent Gryphons ha… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: After making a good dinner off the food which the parent Gryphons had just provided for their young ones, the young Man related to the family all his various adventures since the time when he had first made the acquaintance of the Fairy King. Who acts: young Man, 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 (young Man, 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:pg75000:16:73 # text = After making a good dinner off the food which the parent Gryphons had just provided for their young ones, the young Man related to the family all his various adventures since the time when he had first made the acquaintance of the Fairy King. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 off off ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 Gryphons gryphon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 just just ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 provided provide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl:relcl _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 related relate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 32 since since ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 when when SCONJ WRB _ 39 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 39 advmod _ _ 39 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 acquaintance acquaintance NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | gerund | the young Man *not said here* | a good dinner | | | | off the food | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dinner=Product | | 2 | **provide** | past · perfect · passive | | the parent Gryphons | | | | for Gryphons's young ones; the food *obj* | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary which=Theme | | 3 | **relate** | past | the young Man | youth's various adventures | the family | | since the time | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent adventure=Topic to family=Recipient | | 4 | **make** | past · perfect | youth | the acquaintance of the Fairy King | | | | first *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acquaintance=Product | | 5 | **adventure** | | youth | | | | since the time | | nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent since=obl | | 6 | **acquaint** | | | the Fairy King | | | | | nom acquaintance «cognition 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/74/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/)