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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Lama’s Servant., sentence 66

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When Rin-dzin caught sight of the Thief, he first thought that he would at once go up to him and demand his share of the gold, but on second thoughts he remembered that while he himself was unarmed, the thief possessed both a sword and a musket, so that if it came to a quarrel between them he would probably get the worst of it.

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**Who acts:** Rin dzin, dzin, thief, share · **What happens:** catch, think, go up, demand, remember, be · **To what, where:** sight, thief, share, second thoughts, sword, quarrel · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Rin dzin, dzin, thief, share), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75000:19:66
# text = When Rin-dzin caught sight of the Thief, he first thought that he would at once go up to him and demand his share of the gold, but on second thoughts he remembered that while he himself was unarmed, the thief possessed both a sword and a musket, so that if it came to a quarrel between them he would probably get the worst of it.
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	5	mark	_	_
2	Rin	Rin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	dzin	dzin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	advcl	_	_
6	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	advmod	_	_
13	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
16	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	19	obl	_	_
19	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	ccomp	_	_
20	up	up	ADP	RP	_	19	compound:prt	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	demand	demand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	conj	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
31	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
32	on	on	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	34	amod	_	_
34	thoughts	thought	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	remembered	remember	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
37	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
38	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
39	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
40	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	39	nmod:unmarked	_	_
41	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	cop	_	_
42	unarmed	unarmed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nsubj	_	_
46	possessed	possess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	ccomp	_	_
47	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc:preconj	_	_
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
51	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	musket	musket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
54	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	67	mark	_	_
55	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	67	mark	_	_
56	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	58	mark	_	_
57	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
58	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	67	advcl	_	_
59	to	to	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	_
62	between	between	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
63	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	61	nmod	_	_
64	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	67	nsubj	_	_
65	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	67	aux	_	_
66	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	_
67	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	conj	_	_
68	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
69	worst	bad	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	67	obj	_	_
70	of	of	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
71	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	69	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | participle | Rin dzin | sight of the Thief |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | dzin |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **go up** | would | dzin |  | thief |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 4 | **demand** *speech: request* | infinitive | dzin *not said here* | dzin's share of the gold |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme share=Precondition |
| 5 | **remember** | past | dzin |  |  | second thoughts |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 6 | **is** | past | dzin |  |  |  |  | unarmed *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **possess** | past | the thief | a sword and a musket |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sword=Theme |
| 8 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | share |  |  | a quarrel between sword |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to quarrel=Initial\_Location |
| 9 | **get** | would | dzin | the worst of share |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bad=Stimulus |
| 10 | **sight** |  |  | the Thief |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 11 | **share** |  | dzin | the gold |  |  |  |  | nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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