--- title: In the evening, when the younger brother returned, he greeted his br… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: In the evening, when the younger brother returned, he greeted his brother heartily, and being of a most kind-hearted and forgiving disposition, he related to him fully the manner in which he had come by his wealth, and strongly recommended his brother to act in a similar way. 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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 (younger brother, 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:pg75000:18:35 # text = In the evening, when the younger brother returned, he greeted his brother heartily, and being of a most kind-hearted and forgiving disposition, he related to him fully the manner in which he had come by his wealth, and strongly recommended his brother to act in a similar way. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 greeted greet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 heartily heartily ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 18 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 cop _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 21 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 24 advmod _ _ 22 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 hearted hearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 forgiving forgive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 amod _ _ 27 disposition disposition NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 related relate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 fully fully ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 obl _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 acl:relcl _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 strongly strongly ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 recommended recommend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 act act VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 similar similar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | the younger brother | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **greet** *speech: greet* | past | news | | news's brother | | evening | heartily *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme | | 3 | **forgive** | gerund | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | of a hearted forgiving disposition | tree rules | | 5 | **relate** | past | news | the manner | son | | | fully *property* | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to he=Co-Theme | | 6 | **come** | past · perfect | news | | | the manner | | by news's wealth | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | | 7 | **recommend** | past | news *not said here* | news's brother | | | | strongly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme | | 8 | **act** | to-infinitive | news *not said here* | | | a similar way | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/36/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Stone Lion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/)