--- title: The last time I was here you did me and my people a great favour, fo… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The last time I was here you did me and my people a great favour, for which we shall ever be grateful, and if it is now in our power to assist you in any way, we shall be very glad to do our best.” Who acts: I, you, we, favour. 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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 (I, you, we, favour), 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:pg75000:20:26 # text = The last time I was here you did me and my people a great favour, for which we shall ever be grateful, and if it is now in our power to assist you in any way, we shall be very glad to do our best.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obl _ _ 19 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 21 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 23 advmod _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 23 grateful grateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 29 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 assist assist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 38 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 43 very very ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | I | the last time *not said here* | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past | you | me | | | time | a great favour *obj* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | shall | we | | | | ever | which *obl*; grateful *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | favour | | | our power | now | our *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 5 | **assist** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | you | any way | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | | 6 | **is** | shall | we | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **do** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | our best | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/27/) - ↑ back to [The Country of the Mice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/)