--- title: “Very good, brother,” replied the Stranger, “I am the very man to he… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “Very good, brother,” replied the Stranger, “I am the very man to help you, for you must know I am a thief by profession, and I am always on the look-out for what fortune may bring me. Who acts: good brother, you, fortune. 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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 (good brother, you, fortune), 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:pg75000:19:30 # text = “Very good, brother,” replied the Stranger, “I am the very man to help you, for you must know I am a thief by profession, and I am always on the look-out for what fortune may bring me. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 14 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 very very ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 acl _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 ccomp _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 profession profession NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 35 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 36 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 41 advmod _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 look look NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 out out NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nmod _ _ 44 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | good brother | the Stranger | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | good brother *= brother* | the man | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **help** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | good brother *not said here* | | you | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | must | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | good brother *= brother* | a thief | | | | by profession | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | good brother *= brother* | | | the look out | | what *nmod*; always *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **bring** *in a quote* | may | fortune | | good brother *= brother* | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/31/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Lama’s Servant.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/)