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title: The consequence was that after the death of their father the elder b… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Stone Lion., sentence 3

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The consequence was that after the death of their father the elder brother conducted most of the business of the family himself, and entirely supported his brother and his mother; whilst the younger brother, although quite willing to do his best, was not clever enough to be of any assistance in the household.

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**Who acts:** consequence, elder brother · **What happens:** be, conduct, support, do, not be · **To what, where:** most, brother, best, household

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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 (consequence, elder brother), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75000:18:3
# text = The consequence was that after the death of their father the elder brother conducted most of the business of the family himself, and entirely supported his brother and his mother; whilst the younger brother, although quite willing to do his best, was not clever enough to be of any assistance in the household.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	that	that	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	elder	elder	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	conducted	conduct	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
15	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
22	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
25	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	supported	support	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
27	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
33	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	36	amod	_	_
36	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
38	although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	40	mark	_	_
39	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
40	willing	willing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	acl:relcl	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
42	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	xcomp	_	_
43	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	42	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	cop	_	_
47	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	48	advmod	_	_
48	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	conj	_	_
49	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
50	to	to	PART	TO	_	54	mark	_	_
51	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	54	cop	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	54	det	_	_
54	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	advcl	_	_
55	in	in	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the consequence |  |  |  | after the death and the younger brother | the younger brother *conj*; that *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **conduct** | past | the elder brother | most of the business of the family  himself |  |  |  | of death's father | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent most=Theme of father=Destination |
| 3 | **support** | past | the elder brother *not said here* | his brother and his mother |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus |
| 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | the consequence *not said here* | his best |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality |
| 5 | **not** **is** | past | the consequence *not said here* |  |  |  |  | clever, enough *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **is** | to-infinitive | the consequence *not said here* |  |  | the household |  | of any assistance | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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