--- title: If, however, you cannot succeed in doing so, and you both pass throu… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: If, however, you cannot succeed in doing so, and you both pass through this ordeal successfully, he will set you no further task to-night, and I will ascertain from him during the evening what trial he has in store for you to-morrow.” Who acts: you, back, I. 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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 (you, back, I), 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:pg75000:17:66 # text = If, however, you cannot succeed in doing so, and you both pass through this ordeal successfully, he will set you no further task to-night, and I will ascertain from him during the evening what trial he has in store for you to-morrow.” 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 however however ADV RB _ 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 succeed succeed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 in in SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 14 nmod:unmarked _ _ 16 pass pass VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 17 through through ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 ordeal ordeal NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 successfully successfully ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 no no ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 further far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 28 advmod _ _ 28 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 ascertain ascertain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 during during ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 41 appos _ _ 43 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 store store NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nmod _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **succeed** | can | you | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pass** | present | you | | | this ordeal | | successfully *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through ordeal=Location | | 4 | **set** | future | back | you | | | night | task *obj* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent you=Theme task=Destination | | 5 | **ascertain** | future | I | | | | evening | from back | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **have** | present | back | trial *not said here* | | store for you to morrow | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trial=Patient | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/67/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/)