--- title: At last in despair he took away the flower which was placed behind h… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: At last in despair he took away the flower which was placed behind her ear, and as he did so she woke and sat up upon her couch, rubbing her eyes. Who acts: last, Scarcely, goat. 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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 (last, Scarcely, goat), 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:pg75000:17:42 # text = At last in despair he took away the flower which was placed behind her ear, and as he did so she woke and sat up upon her couch, rubbing her eyes. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 away away ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 behind behind ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 upon upon ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 couch couch NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 rubbing rub VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take away** | past | last in despair | the flower | | | | Scarcely *nsubj* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Theme | | 2 | **place** | past · passive | | the flower | | goat's ear | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme behind ear=Destination | | 3 | **do** | past | Scarcely | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **wake** | past | goat | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **sit up** | past | goat *not said here* | | | goat's couch | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon couch=Location | | 6 | **rub** | gerund | goat *not said here* | goat's eyes | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/43/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/)