--- title: I will therefore make over to you the house and the whole of the lan… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: I will therefore make over to you the house and the whole of the landed property, and all I ask from you as my share of the estate is a bag of gold, as big as I can carry with me.” Who acts: I, all, my. A sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/58/) [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 Lama’s Servant.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/) / 58 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Lama’s Servant., sentence 58 I will therefore make over to you the house and the whole of the landed property, and all I ask from you as my share of the estate is a bag of gold, as big as I can carry with me.” **Who acts:** I, all, my · **What happens:** make over, land, ask, be, carry, share · **To what, where:** house, you, bag, estate This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Lama’s Servant.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, all, my), 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:pg75000:19:58 # text = I will therefore make over to you the house and the whole of the landed property, and all I ask from you as my share of the estate is a bag of gold, as big as I can carry with me.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 over over ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 landed land VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 amod _ _ 16 property property NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 32 nsubj _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 share share NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 estate estate NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 as as ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make over** | future | I | the house | you | | | therefore *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **land** | participle | | | | | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | I | | | | | from you; as my share of the estate | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | present | all | a bag | | | | of gold | tree rules | | 5 | **carry** | can | I | | | | | with me | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **share** | | my | the estate | | | | | nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/59/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Lama’s Servant.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/)