--- title: The sun was now very hot, and the Thief, carrying his heavy bag of g… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The sun was now very hot, and the Thief, carrying his heavy bag of gold, was getting pretty tired, and by the time he reached the place where the other boot was lying he was nearly worn out. Who acts: sun, Thief, other boot. 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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 (sun, Thief, other boot), 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:pg75000:19:76 # text = The sun was now very hot, and the Thief, carrying his heavy bag of gold, was getting pretty tired, and by the time he reached the place where the other boot was lying he was nearly worn out. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 21 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 37 advmod _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 boot boot NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 parataxis _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 40 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 ccomp _ _ 42 out out ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the sun | | | | now | hot *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **carry** | gerund | the Thief *not said here* | thief's heavy bag of gold | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme | | 3 | **get** | past · progressive | the Thief | | | | | tired *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **reach** | past | thief | the place | | | time | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 5 | **lie** | past · progressive | the other boot | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **wear out** | past · passive | | thief | | | | nearly *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/77/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Lama’s Servant.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/19/)