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title: From there he was able to discern the dead Tiger lying in the ravine… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: From there he was able to discern the dead Tiger lying in the ravine, with the Man stripping off its skin; the Horses careering all over the country, with the Ravens pecking at the sores on their backs; the Boy robbing the Raven’s nest; and the Sheep, pursued by the Wolf, scattered to the four quart
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# Folk tales from Tibet, How the Hare Got His Split Lip., sentence 50

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From there he was able to discern the dead Tiger lying in the ravine, with the Man stripping off its skin; the Horses careering all over the country, with the Ravens pecking at the sores on their backs; the Boy robbing the Raven’s nest; and the Sheep, pursued by the Wolf, scattered to the four quarters of the compass.

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**Who acts:** hare, Man, Horses, Ravens, Boy, Sheep · **What happens:** be, discern, lie, strip off, career, peck · **To what, where:** dead Tiger, ravine, skin, country, nest

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This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, How the Hare Got His Split Lip.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hare, Man, Horses, Ravens), 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:pg75000:2:50
# text = From there he was able to discern the dead Tiger lying in the ravine, with the Man stripping off its skin; the Horses careering all over the country, with the Ravens pecking at the sores on their backs; the Boy robbing the Raven’s nest; and the Sheep, pursued by the Wolf, scattered to the four quarters of the compass.
1	From	from	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	discern	discern	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Tiger	Tiger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	ravine	ravine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
19	stripping	strip	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	acl	_	_
20	off	off	ADP	RP	_	19	compound:prt	_	_
21	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	Horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
26	careering	career	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	25	acl	_	_
27	all	all	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
28	over	over	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	with	with	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	Ravens	raven	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	conj	_	_
35	pecking	peck	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	34	acl	_	_
36	at	at	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	sores	sore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obl	_	_
39	on	on	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	backs	back	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	44	punct	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
45	robbing	rob	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	44	acl	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	Raven	Raven	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	’s	's	PART	POS	_	47	case	_	_
49	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
55	pursued	pursue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	_
56	by	by	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
60	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	55	conj	_	_
61	to	to	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
63	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	64	nummod	_	_
64	quarters	quarter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	obl	_	_
65	of	of	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	compass	compass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | hare |  |  | there |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **discern** | to-infinitive |  | the dead Tiger |  |  |  | with the Man; the Horses and the Ravens *obl*; the Boy *obl* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tiger=Stimulus |
| 3 | **lie** | gerund |  |  |  | the ravine |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ravine=Location |
| 4 | **strip off** | gerund | the Man *not said here* | ravine's skin |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient |
| 5 | **career** | gerund | the Horses and the Ravens *not said here* |  |  | the country |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **peck** | gerund | the Ravens *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on sores's backs; at the sores | vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at sore=Patient |
| 7 | **rob** | gerund | the Boy *not said here* | the Raven's nest |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent nest=Theme |
| 8 | **pursue** | participle | the Sheep |  |  |  |  | by the Wolf | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by wolf=Trajectory |
| 9 | **scatter** | participle | the Sheep *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the four quarters of the compass | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |

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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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