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title: After some consideration they decided that it would not be advisable… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: After some consideration they decided that it would not be advisable to part with the eldest son, as he was heir to the throne, nor with the second, who would have to succeed to the kingdom should any accident or mischance befall his elder brother; so they resolved to send the youngest son, and with
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 20

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After some consideration they decided that it would not be advisable to part with the eldest son, as he was heir to the throne, nor with the second, who would have to succeed to the kingdom should any accident or mischance befall his elder brother; so they resolved to send the youngest son, and with him the youngest horse and the youngest dog.

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**Who acts:** King, consideration, dog, accident · **What happens:** decide, not be, be, have, succeed, befall · **To what, where:** elder brother, youngest son

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This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, consideration, dog, accident), 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:pg75000:17:20
# text = After some consideration they decided that it would not be advisable to part with the eldest son, as he was heir to the throne, nor with the second, who would have to succeed to the kingdom should any accident or mischance befall his elder brother; so they resolved to send the youngest son, and with him the youngest horse and the youngest dog.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	consideration	consideration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	decided	decide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	advisable	advisable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	advcl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	17	amod	_	_
17	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	as	as	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
21	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	heir	heir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
27	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	30	cc	_	_
28	with	with	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	34	nsubj	_	_
33	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	parataxis	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	succeed	succeed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	xcomp	_	_
37	to	to	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
40	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	45	aux	_	_
41	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	42	det	_	_
42	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nsubj	_	_
43	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	mischance	mischance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	conj	_	_
45	befall	befall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	conj	_	_
46	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
47	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
50	so	so	ADV	RB	_	52	advmod	_	_
51	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
52	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
53	to	to	PART	TO	_	54	mark	_	_
54	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	52	xcomp	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
56	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	57	amod	_	_
57	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
59	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
60	with	with	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	parataxis	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
63	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	64	amod	_	_
64	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	68	cc	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
67	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	68	amod	_	_
68	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | past | King |  |  |  | after some consideration |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | would | consideration |  |  |  |  | part with the eldest son *advcl*; advisable *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | dog |  |  |  |  | as heir; to the throne | tree rules |
| 4 | **have** | would |  |  |  |  |  | who *nsubj* | tree rules |
| 5 | **succeed** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | to the kingdom | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **befall** | should | any accident or mischance | dog's elder brother |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **resolve** | past | King |  |  |  |  | dog *parataxis* | tree rules |
| 8 | **send** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | the youngest son |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme |

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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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