--- title: After travelling for some little distance they reached an empty hut… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: After travelling for some little distance they reached an empty hut situated at the foot of a large hill, not far from a populous town; and finding that the place was apparently deserted and that the owner, whoever he was, had left nothing to show that he proposed to return, they took possession of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/10/) [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 Stone Lion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/) / 10 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Stone Lion., sentence 10 After travelling for some little distance they reached an empty hut situated at the foot of a large hill, not far from a populous town; and finding that the place was apparently deserted and that the owner, whoever he was, had left nothing to show that he proposed to return, they took possession of the hut, and slept there during the night. **Who acts:** brothers, son · **What happens:** travel, reach, situate, find, desert, leave · **To what, where:** empty hut, foot, place, nothing, possession, hut · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Stone Lion.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brothers, son), 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:pg75000:18:10 # text = After travelling for some little distance they reached an empty hut situated at the foot of a large hill, not far from a populous town; and finding that the place was apparently deserted and that the owner, whoever he was, had left nothing to show that he proposed to return, they took possession of the hut, and slept there during the night. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 travelling travel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 57 advcl _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 situated situate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 populous populace NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 34 apparently apparently ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 deserted desert VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 conj _ _ 47 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 46 obj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 acl _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 proposed propose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 ccomp _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 56 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 58 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 conj _ _ 65 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 64 advmod _ _ 66 during during ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 57 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | gerund | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | | | for some little distance | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **reach** | past | brothers *= brother* | a empty hut | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent hut=Theme | | 3 | **situate** | participle | | a empty hut *not said here* | | the foot of a large hill and a populous town | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at foot=Destination | | 4 | **find** | gerund | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **desert** | past · passive | | the place | | | | apparently *property* | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: subject=Source | | 6 | **leave** | past · perfect | | nothing | | | | the owner whoever *advcl* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme | | 7 | **show** | to-infinitive | | nothing *not said here* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **propose** | past | son | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **return** | to-infinitive | son *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **take** | past | brothers *= brother* | possession of the hut | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme | | 11 | **sleep** | past | brothers *= brother* *not said here* | | | there | night | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **possess** | | | the hut | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: of=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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/11/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Stone Lion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/)