--- title: The elder brother, on hearing this, immediately thrust his hand into… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The elder brother, on hearing this, immediately thrust his hand into the Lion’s mouth, hoping to secure a large lump of gold; and no sooner had he done so than the Lion, closing his jaws, held him fast. Who acts: elder brother, Lion. 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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 (elder brother, Lion), 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:pg75000:18:49 # text = The elder brother, on hearing this, immediately thrust his hand into the Lion’s mouth, hoping to secure a large lump of gold; and no sooner had he done so than the Lion, closing his jaws, held him fast. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 on on SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 thrust thrust VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 secure secure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 lump lump NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 30 det _ _ 30 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 33 advmod _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 than than ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 closing close VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 jaws jaw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 43 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | gerund | the elder brother *not said here* | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **thrust** | infinitive | | voice's hand | | the Lion's mouth | | immediately *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 3 | **hope** | gerund | | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **secure** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | a large lump of gold | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition lump=Theme | | 5 | **do** | past · perfect | Lion | the elder brother *not said here* | | | | than the Lion; soon *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Eventuality | | 6 | **close** | gerund | Lion *not said here* | Lion's jaws | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jaw=Patient | | 7 | **hold** | past | the elder brother | Lion | | | | fast *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/50/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Stone Lion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/)