--- title: The news of the changed condition of life of his mother and younger… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The news of the changed condition of life of his mother and younger brother soon reached the ears of the eldest son, and overcome with curiosity as to how this result had been brought about, he decided to call upon them, and to ascertain the cause of their prosperity. Who acts: news. 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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 (news), 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:pg75000:18:32 # text = The news of the changed condition of life of his mother and younger brother soon reached the ears of the eldest son, and overcome with curiosity as to how this result had been brought about, he decided to call upon them, and to ascertain the cause of their prosperity. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 amod _ _ 14 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 15 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 16 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 22 amod _ _ 22 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 overcome overcome VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 28 fixed _ _ 30 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 result result NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ _ 36 about about ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 upon upon ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 ascertain ascertain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 prosperity prosperity NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | participle | | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **reach** | past | the news of the changed condition of life of news's mother and younger brother | the ears of the eldest son | | | | soon *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ear=Theme | | 3 | **overcome** | present | news *not said here* | | | | | with curiosity | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **bring about** | past · perfect · passive | | this result | | | | about *property* | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **decide** | past | news | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **call** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | news *not said here* | | | | | upon widow | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **ascertain** | to-infinitive | news *not said here* | the cause of widow's prosperity | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Topic | | 8 | **condition** | | | life of news's mother | | | | | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **cause** | | | widow's prosperity | | | | | nom cause «event 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/33/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Stone Lion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/)