--- title: The young man reproached his brother for his greedy conduct in tryin… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The young man reproached his brother for his greedy conduct in trying to obtain an extra supply of gold from the Lion in spite of his warning; but being of a very forgiving nature, he consented at last to supply his brother with a sum of money sufficient for him to take a small farm in the neighbour --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/65/) [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/) / 65 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Stone Lion., sentence 65 The young man reproached his brother for his greedy conduct in trying to obtain an extra supply of gold from the Lion in spite of his warning; but being of a very forgiving nature, he consented at last to supply his brother with a sum of money sufficient for him to take a small farm in the neighbourhood. **Who acts:** young man, greedy conduct, Lion · **What happens:** reproach, try, obtain, be, consent, supply · **To what, where:** brother, extra supply, spite, forgiving nature, last, small farm 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 (young man, greedy conduct, 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:pg75000:18:65 # text = The young man reproached his brother for his greedy conduct in trying to obtain an extra supply of gold from the Lion in spite of his warning; but being of a very forgiving nature, he consented at last to supply his brother with a sum of money sufficient for him to take a small farm in the neighbourhood. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reproached reproach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 greedy greedy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 in in SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 supply supply NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 cop _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 very very ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 forgiving forgiving ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 obl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 supply supply VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 50 sufficient sufficient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 neighbourhood neighbourhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reproach** | past | the young man | Lion's brother | | | | for Lion's greedy conduct | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent brother=Theme for conduct=Attribute | | 2 | **try** | gerund | Lion's greedy conduct *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **obtain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Lion's greedy conduct *not said here* | a extra supply of gold | | spite of Lion's warning | | from the Lion | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent supply=Theme from lion=Source | | 4 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | of a forgiving nature | tree rules | | 5 | **consent** | past | Lion | a forgiving nature *not said here* | | last | | | tree rules | | 6 | **supply** | to-infinitive | Lion *not said here* | | Lion's brother | | | with a sum of money | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient with sum=Theme | | 7 | **take** | to-infinitive | Lion *not said here* | a small farm | | the neighbourhood | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent farm=Value in neighbourhood=Location | | 8 | **conduct** | | Lion | | | | | | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **spite** | | | Lion's warning | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **warn** | | Lion | | | | | | nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **sum** | | | money | | | | | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/66/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Stone Lion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/18/)