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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head., sentence 75

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What I propose is that you should mount upon my back, and I will then carry you through the air to the kingdom of the gods, where you can represent your case to the King of the Fairies in person, and where you will, at any rate, have the opportunity of persuading your wife to accompany you back to earth.”

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**Who acts:** I, you, opportunity, wife · **What happens:** propose, be, carry, represent, have, persuade · **To what, where:** rate, you, air, case, opportunity, wife

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This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you, opportunity, wife), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75000:16:75
# text = What I propose is that you should mount upon my back, and I will then carry you through the air to the kingdom of the gods, where you can represent your case to the King of the Fairies in person, and where you will, at any rate, have the opportunity of persuading your wife to accompany you back to earth.”
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	propose	propose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	mount	mount	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
17	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
18	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	through	through	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
29	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	32	advmod	_	_
30	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
31	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	represent	represent	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	acl:relcl	_	_
33	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
35	to	to	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	Fairies	Fairy	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	37	nmod	_	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
45	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	47	advmod	_	_
46	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
47	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
49	at	at	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	51	det	_	_
51	rate	rate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
53	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obj	_	_
56	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	57	mark	_	_
57	persuading	persuade	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	55	acl	_	_
58	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	59	nmod:poss	_	_
59	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	_
60	to	to	PART	TO	_	61	mark	_	_
61	accompany	accompany	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	57	xcomp	_	_
62	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	61	obj	_	_
63	back	back	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	_
64	to	to	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
65	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** | present | I |  |  | any rate |  | What *obj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | should · present | you |  |  |  |  | upon my back; mount *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **carry** | future | I | you |  | the air | then | to the kingdom of the gods | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to kingdom=Destination |
| 4 | **represent** | can | you | your case |  |  |  | to the King of the Fairies; in person | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot case=Theme to king=Attribute |
| 5 | **have** | present | I *not said here* | the opportunity |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Patient |
| 6 | **persuade** | gerund | the opportunity *not said here* | your wife |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent wife=Patient clause=Result |
| 7 | **accompany back** | to-infinitive | your wife *not said here* | you |  | earth |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to earth=Destination |

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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.

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**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.

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