--- title: “Now, sister,” said the Thief, addressing her when they were alone t… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “Now, sister,” said the Thief, addressing her when they were alone together, “you see that my story is true, but, unfortunately, I am unable to stay here as I am called away this very night on urgent business. Who acts: sister, two, you, story. 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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 (sister, two, you, story), 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:pg75000:19:57 # text = “Now, sister,” said the Thief, addressing her when they were alone together, “you see that my story is true, but, unfortunately, I am unable to stay here as I am called away this very night on urgent business. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 addressing address VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 alone alone ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 together together ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 unfortunately unfortunately ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ _ 42 away away ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 44 very very ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 xcomp _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 urgent urgent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | sister | the Thief | | | now | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thief=Topic | | 2 | **address** | gerund | sister *not said here* | | sister | | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination | | 3 | **is** | past | two | | | | | alone, together *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my story | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | sister | | | | | unable, unfortunately *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **stay** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | sister *not said here* | | | here | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **call away** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · passive | | sister | | | | away *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/58/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Lama’s Servant.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/)