--- title: All we ask you now is to trust us again, and if you will undertake t… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: All we ask you now is to trust us again, and if you will undertake to do one or two things which we ask of you, we on our part will undertake to rid you of the invading army.” Who acts: All, you, we. 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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 (All, you, we), 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:pg75000:20:33 # text = All we ask you now is to trust us again, and if you will undertake to do one or two things which we ask of you, we on our part will undertake to rid you of the invading army.” 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 trust trust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 again again ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 undertake undertake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 20 or or CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 conj _ _ 22 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 24 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 undertake undertake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 rid rid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 invading invade VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 amod _ _ 41 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | All | | you | | now | we *nsubj* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | present | | | | | again | us *obj*; trust *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **undertake** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | one things | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | we | one things | | | | of you | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Recipient | | 6 | **undertake** | future | we | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **rid** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | you | | | | of the invading army | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent you=Source of army=Theme | | 8 | **invade** | gerund | | | | | | | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/34/) - ↑ back to [The Country of the Mice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/)