--- title: I put my hand into the Lion’s mouth in order to extract a lump of go… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: I put my hand into the Lion’s mouth in order to extract a lump of gold which was stuck in his throat, when all of a sudden he closed his jaws, and gripped my arm, and now I am unable to effect my escape.” Who acts: I, lump, Lion, my. 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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, lump, Lion, my), 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:pg75000:18:55 # text = I put my hand into the Lion’s mouth in order to extract a lump of gold which was stuck in his throat, when all of a sudden he closed his jaws, and gripped my arm, and now I am unable to effect my escape.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 extract extract VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 lump lump NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 stuck stuck ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 acl:relcl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 throat throat NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 20 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 nmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 closed close VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 jaws jaw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 gripped grip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 xcomp _ _ 47 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 escape escape NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | I | my hand | | the Lion's mouth | | in order | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme in order=Destination | | 2 | **extract** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a lump of gold | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lump=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | a lump of gold | | | Lion's throat | | stuck *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **close** | past | Lion | Lion's jaws | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jaw=Patient | | 5 | **grip** | past | | my arm | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | present | I | effect | | | now | my escape *xcomp*; unable *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **escape** | | my | | | | | | nom escape «act intransitive»: 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/56/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Stone Lion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/)