--- title: After a time the elder brother decided in his mind that he could no… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: After a time the elder brother decided in his mind that he could no longer endure this state of affairs, so he one day called his young brother aside, and told him plainly that he would no longer continue to support such a lout, and that it would be better for him to go out into the world and seek h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Folk tales from Tibet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/) / [The Story of the Stone Lion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/) / 4 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Stone Lion., sentence 4 After a time the elder brother decided in his mind that he could no longer endure this state of affairs, so he one day called his young brother aside, and told him plainly that he would no longer continue to support such a lout, and that it would be better for him to go out into the world and seek his own fortune alone. **Who acts:** elder brother, he, lout, him, his · **What happens:** decide, endure, call, tell, continue, support · **To what, where:** mind, state, young brother, him, lout, world · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (elder brother, he, lout, him), 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:pg75000:18:4 # text = After a time the elder brother decided in his mind that he could no longer endure this state of affairs, so he one day called his young brother aside, and told him plainly that he would no longer continue to support such a lout, and that it would be better for him to go out into the world and seek his own fortune alone. 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 no no ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 16 advmod _ _ 16 endure endure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ _ 26 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 xcomp _ _ 30 aside aside ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 plainly plainly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 no no ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 41 advmod _ _ 41 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 support support VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 46 det:predet _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 lout lout NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 cop _ _ 53 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 conj _ _ 54 for for SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 advcl _ _ 58 out out ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 59 into into ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ _ 64 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 65 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 67 alone alone ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | past | the elder brother | | | his mind | time | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **endure** *not said to happen* | could | he | this state of affairs | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme state=Circumstance | | 3 | **call** | participle | he | his young brother | | | day | aside *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the elder brother *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | plainly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **continue** | would | he | | | | | long *property* | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **support** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | such lout | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lout=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | would | lout | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **go out** | to-infinitive | him *= he* | | | the world | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **seek** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | his own fortune | | | | alone *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme | | 10 | **mind** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/5/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Stone Lion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/)