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title: The poor boy was much grieved on hearing this decision from his brot… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: The poor boy was much grieved on hearing this decision from his brother; but he was quite unable to protest or dispute, so, having packed up his few belongings, he went to say good-bye to his mother, and told her what had occurred. Who acts: boy. A sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Fred
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Stone Lion., sentence 5

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The poor boy was much grieved on hearing this decision from his brother; but he was quite unable to protest or dispute, so, having packed up his few belongings, he went to say good-bye to his mother, and told her what had occurred.

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**Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** grieve, hear, be, protest, dispute, pack up · **To what, where:** poor boy, decision, few belongings, good bye, mother, her · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (boy), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75000:18:5
# text = The poor boy was much grieved on hearing this decision from his brother; but he was quite unable to protest or dispute, so, having packed up his few belongings, he went to say good-bye to his mother, and told her what had occurred.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	grieved	grieve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
15	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	protest	protest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	_
22	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	dispute	dispute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
25	so	so	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	28	aux	_	_
28	packed	pack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	19	parataxis	_	_
29	up	up	ADP	RP	_	28	compound:prt	_	_
30	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
31	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	belongings	belonging	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	parataxis	_	_
36	to	to	PART	TO	_	37	mark	_	_
37	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	xcomp	_	_
38	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	bye	bye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
41	to	to	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	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	conj	_	_
47	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	iobj	_	_
48	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	50	nsubj:pass	_	_
49	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
50	occurred	occur	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	46	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grieve** | past · passive |  | the poor boy |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **hear** | gerund |  | this decision |  |  |  | from boy's brother | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent decision=Topic from brother=Source |
| 3 | **is** | past | boy |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **protest** *speech: disagree* | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **dispute** | infinitive | boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **pack up** | gerund · perfect |  | boy's few belongings |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme belonging=Destination |
| 7 | **go** | past | boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* | good bye | boy's mother |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bye=Topic to mother=Recipient |
| 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | boy *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 10 | **occur** | past · perfect · passive |  |  |  |  |  | what *nsubj:pass* | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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