--- title: About mid-day, as he was galloping along, he saw the Thief some dist… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: About mid-day, as he was galloping along, he saw the Thief some distance ahead, sitting under the shade of a tree resting; for not knowing that Rin-dzin had a horse, he did not consider it necessary to go very fast. Who acts: dzin, Rin dzin. 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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 (dzin, Rin dzin), 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:pg75000:19:65 # text = About mid-day, as he was galloping along, he saw the Thief some distance ahead, sitting under the shade of a tree resting; for not knowing that Rin-dzin had a horse, he did not consider it necessary to go very fast. 1 About about ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 mid-day mid-day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 galloping gallop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 8 along along ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Thief Thief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 15 det _ _ 15 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 16 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 19 under under ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 shade shade NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 resting resting NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 Rin Rin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 dzin dzin NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 consider consider VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 46 very very ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gallop** | past · progressive | dzin | mid-day *not said here* | | | | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mid-day=Agent | | 2 | **see** | past | dzin | the Thief | | | | about mid-day; some distance *obj* | tree rules | | 3 | **sit** | gerund | dzin *not said here* | | | the shade of a tree resting | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under shade=Location | | 4 | **not** **know** | gerund | dzin *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **have** | past | Rin dzin | a horse | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 6 | **not** **consider** | past · do-support | dzin | horse | | | | necessary *property* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute | | 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | dzin *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **shade** | | | a tree resting | | | | | nom shade «state transitive»: 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/66/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Lama’s Servant.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/)