--- title: “I,” replied the elder brother, “am the brother of the young man who… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “I,” replied the elder brother, “am the brother of the young man who was here the other day, and to whom you gave so much gold; and, following his advice, I have now come to ask you for a similar benefit for myself.” Who acts: I, young man, 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 (I, young man, 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:pg75000:18:41 # text = “I,” replied the elder brother, “am the brother of the young man who was here the other day, and to whom you gave so much gold; and, following his advice, I have now come to ask you for a similar benefit for myself.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 obl _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 acl _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 43 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 similar similar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 benefit benefit NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | I | the elder brother and the brother | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I *not said here* | the brother | | | | of the young man | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the young man | | | | day | here *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **give** *in a quote* | past | you | much gold | | | | whom *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent gold=Theme to whom=Recipient | | 5 | **follow** *in a quote* | gerund | | Lion's advice | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | | | | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | you | | | for a similar benefit; for myself | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/42/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Stone Lion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/)