--- title: “Very good,” replied the Lion in a guttural tone of voice, “come aga… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “Very good,” replied the Lion in a guttural tone of voice, “come again at this time to-morrow, and bring with you a large bucket, and I will furnish you at once with what wealth you require.” Who acts: Lion, you. 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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 (Lion, you), 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:pg75000:18:21 # text = “Very good,” replied the Lion in a guttural tone of voice, “come again at this time to-morrow, and bring with you a large bucket, and I will furnish you at once with what wealth you require.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 6 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 guttural guttural NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 tone tone NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 18 again again ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 bucket bucket NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 furnish furnish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 37 obl _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 37 obj _ _ 43 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 require require VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the Lion | | | a guttural tone of voice | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | again; time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a large bucket | | | | with you | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme | | 4 | **furnish** *in a quote* | future | the Lion *= lion* | you | | | | what wealth *obj* | tree rules | | 5 | **require** *in a quote* | present | you | wealth *not said here* | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wealth=Precondition | | 7 | **intonate** | | | voice | | | | | nom tone «communication 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/22/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Stone Lion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/)