--- title: “Good-morning, Brother Wolf, do you know that there is a fine flock… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “Good-morning, Brother Wolf, do you know that there is a fine flock of Sheep quite unguarded down there, and I should advise you to take advantage of this opportunity of killing some of them.” Who acts: you, fine flock, hare, opportunity. 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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 (you, fine flock, hare, opportunity), 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:pg75000:2:47 # text = “Good-morning, Brother Wolf, do you know that there is a fine flock of Sheep quite unguarded down there, and I should advise you to take advantage of this opportunity of killing some of them.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Brother Brother PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 7 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 14 expl _ _ 14 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 20 quite quite ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 unguarded unguard VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 22 down down ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 advise advise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 32 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 of of SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 killing kill VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ _ 38 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 37 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | morning | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a fine flock of Sheep *not said here* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **unguard down** *in a quote* | past | a fine flock of Sheep | | | there | | down *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **advise** *speech: other* *in a quote* | should | hare | you | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **take** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | advantage | | | | of this opportunity | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme of opportunity=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **kill** *in a quote* | gerund | this opportunity *not said here* | some of Sheep | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Theme | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/2/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/2/48/) - ↑ back to [How the Hare Got His Split Lip.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/2/)