--- title: “Yours,” said Father Gryphon, “is a very sad story, and in my opinio… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “Yours,” said Father Gryphon, “is a very sad story, and in my opinion you have not been treated at all well; but if you desire it, I may perhaps be of some assistance to you. Who acts: Yours, you, I, my. 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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 (Yours, you, I, my), 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:pg75000:16:74 # text = “Yours,” said Father Gryphon, “is a very sad story, and in my opinion you have not been treated at all well; but if you desire it, I may perhaps be of some assistance to you. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 7 Gryphon Gryphon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 very very ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 23 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 24 obl _ _ 27 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 desire desire VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 36 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 37 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 41 det _ _ 41 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Yours | | | | | Father *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | a sad story | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **treat** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | you | | my opinion | | at all; well *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **desire** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | opinion | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | may | I | | you | | | of some assistance; perhaps *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **opine** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/75/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/)