--- title: He was a good deal cast down at first, but being naturally a volatil… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: He was a good deal cast down at first, but being naturally a volatile, light-hearted fellow he soon recovered his spirits and marched along the road singing blithely, and keeping a sharp look-out for anything that might turn up. Who acts: Lama, road. 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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 (Lama, road), 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:pg75000:19:27 # text = He was a good deal cast down at first, but being naturally a volatile, light-hearted fellow he soon recovered his spirits and marched along the road singing blithely, and keeping a sharp look-out for anything that might turn up. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 down down ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 cop _ _ 13 naturally naturally ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 volatile volatile NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 hearted hearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 23 recovered recover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 marched march VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 28 along along ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 singing sing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 32 blithely blithely ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 37 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 38 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 out out NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 40 nmod _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 44 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 up up ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Lama | a good deal but a volatile | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cast down** | participle | | a good deal but a volatile *not said here* | | | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at first=Destination | | 3 | **is a** | gerund | Lama *not said here* | a volatile | | | | light hearted fellow *appos*; naturally *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **recover** | past | Lama | Lama's spirits | | | | soon *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spirit=Theme | | 5 | **march** | participle | Lama *not said here* | | | the road | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along road=Trajectory | | 6 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the road *not said here* | | | | | blithely *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **keep** | gerund | Lama *not said here* | a sharp look out | | | | for anything | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent out=Theme | | 8 | **turn up** | might | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/28/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Lama’s Servant.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/)