--- title: The covetous fellow shook the bucket slightly from time to time in o… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The covetous fellow shook the bucket slightly from time to time in order to make the gold lie well together and so to obtain a larger quantity; and, overcome by greed, he could not bring himself to inform the Lion that the bucket was nearly full until it brimmed over and a piece of gold, slipping of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/45/) [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/) / 45 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Stone Lion., sentence 45 The covetous fellow shook the bucket slightly from time to time in order to make the gold lie well together and so to obtain a larger quantity; and, overcome by greed, he could not bring himself to inform the Lion that the bucket was nearly full until it brimmed over and a piece of gold, slipping off the heap, fell to the ground. **Who acts:** covetous fellow, fellow, bucket · **What happens:** shake, make, lie, obtain, overcome, not bring · **To what, where:** bucket, order, gold, larger quantity, fellow, Lion 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 (covetous fellow, fellow, bucket), 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:pg75000:18:45 # text = The covetous fellow shook the bucket slightly from time to time in order to make the gold lie well together and so to obtain a larger quantity; and, overcome by greed, he could not bring himself to inform the Lion that the bucket was nearly full until it brimmed over and a piece of gold, slipping off the heap, fell to the ground. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 covetous covetous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bucket bucket NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 slightly slightly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 lie lie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 19 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 20 together together ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 larger large ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 27 amod _ _ 27 quantity quantity NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 overcome overcome VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 greed greed NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 39 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 inform inform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 bucket bucket NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 advcl _ _ 50 until until SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 brimmed brim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 53 over over ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 slipping slip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 52 advcl _ _ 61 off off ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 65 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 conj _ _ 66 to to ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake** | past | the covetous fellow | the bucket | | order | time | slightly *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme in order=Trajectory | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | | the gold | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gold=Product | | 3 | **lie** | present | | | | | | together *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | | a larger quantity | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset quantity=Theme | | 5 | **overcome** | participle | | | | | | by greed | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **not** **bring** | could | fellow | fellow | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | fellow *not said here* | | the Lion | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lion=Recipient | | 8 | **is** | past | the bucket | | | | | full, nearly *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **brim over** | past | bucket | | | | | a piece of gold *conj*; over *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **slip off** | gerund | bucket *not said here* | the heap | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent heap=Patient | | 11 | **fall** | past | bucket *not said here* | | | | | to the ground | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/46/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Stone Lion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/)