--- title: “Now,” thought he to himself, on seeing the Lion, “this, no doubt, i… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “Now,” thought he to himself, on seeing the Lion, “this, no doubt, is the guardian deity of this mountain, and to him must be due my good fortune in so easily obtaining a means of livelihood. Who acts: this, a. 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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 (this, a), 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:pg75000:18:16 # text = “Now,” thought he to himself, on seeing the Lion, “this, no doubt, is the guardian deity of this mountain, and to him must be due my good fortune in so easily obtaining a means of livelihood. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 on on SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 19 det _ _ 19 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 guardian guardian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 deity deity NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 32 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 34 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 38 in in SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 easily easily ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 obtaining obtain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 nsubj _ _ 43 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 ccomp _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 livelihood livelihood NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | boy | boy | | now | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute clause=Theme | | 2 | **see** | gerund | | the Lion | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lion=Stimulus | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | the guardian deity | | | | of this mountain; no doubt *nsubj* | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | must | | my due good fortune | boy | | | my *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 5 | **obtain** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | easily *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | a | | | | | of livelihood | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/17/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Stone Lion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/)