--- title: So the Hare pointed out to him where the dead Tiger lay in the ravin… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: So the Hare pointed out to him where the dead Tiger lay in the ravine, and the Man hastened off to skin it, after first asking the Hare to take care of his Horses while he was away. Who acts: Hare, dead Tiger, Man. 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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 (Hare, dead Tiger, Man), 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:pg75000:2:34 # text = So the Hare pointed out to him where the dead Tiger lay in the ravine, and the Man hastened off to skin it, after first asking the Hare to take care of his Horses while he was away. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pointed point VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 12 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Tiger Tiger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 ravine ravine NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 21 off off ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 advcl _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 after after SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 28 advmod _ _ 28 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 33 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 Horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 37 while while SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 away away ADV RB _ 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **point out** | past | the Hare | | Brother | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 2 | **lie** | past | the dead Tiger | skin | | the ravine | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 3 | **hasten off** | participle | the Man | | | | | skin *advcl* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | the dead Tiger *not said here* | | the Hare | | | first *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent hare=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the dead Tiger *not said here* | care | | | | of Man's Horses | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of horse=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **is** | past | Man | | | | | away *property* | tree rules | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/2/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/2/35/) - ↑ back to [How the Hare Got His Split Lip.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/2/)