--- title: As soon as he was out of sight of the place where the Thief was sitt… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as he was out of sight of the place where the Thief was sitting he pulled his horse up to a wall, and taking a new boot out of the bundle on his back, he dropped it in the middle of the road, and then pursued his way for some little distance further, when he took the fellow boot out of his b --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/68/) [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/) / 68 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Lama’s Servant., sentence 68 As soon as he was out of sight of the place where the Thief was sitting he pulled his horse up to a wall, and taking a new boot out of the bundle on his back, he dropped it in the middle of the road, and then pursued his way for some little distance further, when he took the fellow boot out of his bundle and dropped it also in the middle of the road. **Who acts:** dzin, Thief · **What happens:** be, sit, pull up, take, drop, pursue · **To what, where:** sight, horse, wall, new boot, bundle, middle 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 (dzin, Thief), 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:pg75000:19:68 # text = As soon as he was out of sight of the place where the Thief was sitting he pulled his horse up to a wall, and taking a new boot out of the bundle on his back, he dropped it in the middle of the road, and then pursued his way for some little distance further, when he took the fellow boot out of his bundle and dropped it also in the middle of the road. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 out out ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 advcl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Thief Thief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 boot boot NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 out out ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 51 pursued pursue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 57 det _ _ 56 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 58 further further ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 62 advmod _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 fellow fellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 boot boot NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ _ 66 out out ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 69 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 71 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 conj _ _ 72 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obj _ _ 73 also also ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ _ 74 in in ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ _ 77 of of ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | dzin | | | sight | | of the place | tree rules | | 2 | **sit** | past · progressive | the Thief | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pull up** | past | dzin | dzin's horse | | a wall | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Theme to wall=Destination | | 4 | **take** | gerund | the Thief *not said here* | a new boot | | the bundle | | on dzin's back | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent boot=Theme on back=Destination | | 5 | **drop** | past | dzin | horse | | the middle of the road | | soon *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in middle=Destination | | 6 | **pursue** | past | dzin *not said here* | dzin's way | | | then | for some little distance; further *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 7 | **take** | past | dzin | the fellow boot | | dzin's bundle | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent boot=Theme out bundle=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **drop** | past | dzin *not said here* | horse | | the middle of the road | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in middle=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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/69/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Lama’s Servant.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/)