--- title: So the celestial powers met together in a great council, and, having… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: So the celestial powers met together in a great council, and, having discussed the matter in all its bearings, they decided that, as the Fairy Princess desired to return to earth of her own free will, they would not stand in her way; but that if she did so, she must take the consequence of her own a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/92/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Folk tales from Tibet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/) / [The Story of the Boy With the Deformed…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/) / 92 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head., sentence 92 So the celestial powers met together in a great council, and, having discussed the matter in all its bearings, they decided that, as the Fairy Princess desired to return to earth of her own free will, they would not stand in her way; but that if she did so, she must take the consequence of her own action, and that as the result of mating with an unclean creature like a human being she must herself become mortal and lose her Fairy nature. **Who acts:** celestial powers, powers, Fairy Princess, Princess, result · **What happens:** meet, discuss, decide, desire, return, not stand · **To what, where:** great council, matter, bearings, way, consequence, Fairy nature 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 (celestial powers, powers, Fairy Princess, Princess), 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:pg75000:16:92 # text = So the celestial powers met together in a great council, and, having discussed the matter in all its bearings, they decided that, as the Fairy Princess desired to return to earth of her own free will, they would not stand in her way; but that if she did so, she must take the consequence of her own action, and that as the result of mating with an unclean creature like a human being she must herself become mortal and lose her Fairy nature. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 celestial celestial NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 powers power NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 together together ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 aux _ _ 15 discussed discuss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 20 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 bearings bearing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 25 that that ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 Fairy fairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 38 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 if if SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 53 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 advcl _ _ 55 so so ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 57 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 64 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 68 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 71 nsubj _ _ 69 as as ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 result result NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 72 of of SCONJ IN _ 73 mark _ _ 73 mating mate VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 71 acl _ _ 74 with with ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 75 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 76 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 amod _ _ 77 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obl _ _ 78 like like SCONJ IN _ 80 mark _ _ 79 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 advcl _ _ 81 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 85 nsubj _ _ 82 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 85 nsubj _ _ 83 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 85 aux _ _ 84 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 85 nsubj _ _ 85 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 80 parataxis _ _ 86 mortal mortal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 85 xcomp _ _ 87 and and CCONJ CC _ 88 cc _ _ 88 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 85 conj _ _ 89 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 91 nmod:poss _ _ 90 Fairy fairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 91 amod _ _ 91 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 92 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | past | the celestial powers | | | a great council | | as the result that; together *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **discuss** *speech: other* | gerund · perfect | the celestial powers *not said here* | the matter | | matter's bearings | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Topic | | 3 | **decide** | past | powers *= power* | | | | | that *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **desire** | past | the Fairy Princess | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **return** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Fairy Princess *not said here* | | | | | to earth *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to earth=Result | | 6 | **not** **stand** | would | powers *= power* | | | Princess's way | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in way=Location | | 7 | **do** | past | Princess | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **take** | must | Princess | the consequence of Princess's own action | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme | | 9 | **mate** | gerund | the result that *not said here* | | | | | with a unclean creature | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with creature=Co-Patient | | 10 | **become** | must | | | | | | Princess *nsubj*; mortal *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 11 | **lose** | present | | Princess's Fairy nature | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Eventuality | | 12 | **act** | | Princess | | | | | | nom action «act intransitive»: 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/93/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/)