--- title: “Pray hold this rope,” said the Servant, handing the Lama the loose… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “Pray hold this rope,” said the Servant, handing the Lama the loose end of the rope to which the sheep was secured, “and if the sheep begins to struggle, pull it as hard as you can to prevent him from escaping.” Who acts: Pray, Servant, sheep. 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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 (Pray, Servant, sheep), 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:pg75000:19:17 # text = “Pray hold this rope,” said the Servant, handing the Lama the loose end of the rope to which the sheep was secured, “and if the sheep begins to struggle, pull it as hard as you can to prevent him from escaping.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Pray Pray PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 handing hand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Lama Lama PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 secured secure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 begins begin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 struggle struggle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 as as ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 from from SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 48 escaping escape VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** *in a quote* | infinitive | Pray | this rope | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Servant | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **hand** | gerund | the Servant *not said here* | the loose end of the rope | the Lama | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent lama=Destination end=Theme | | 4 | **secure** | past · passive | | the sheep | | | | to the rope | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to which=Co-Patient | | 5 | **begin** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | the sheep | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **struggle** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the sheep *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **pull** *in a quote* | infinitive | the sheep *not said here* | rope | | | | hard *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **prevent** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the sheep *not said here* | Servant | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer he=Theme | | 9 | **escape** *in a quote* | gerund | the sheep *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/18/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Lama’s Servant.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/)