--- title: And if we succeed in carrying out all we promise, we will ask you fo… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: And if we succeed in carrying out all we promise, we will ask you for the future to safeguard us against the two principal dangers which threaten the existence of the Mice who live in your country.” Who acts: we, two principal dangers, Mice. 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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 (we, two principal dangers, Mice), 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:pg75000:20:38 # text = And if we succeed in carrying out all we promise, we will ask you for the future to safeguard us against the two principal dangers which threaten the existence of the Mice who live in your country.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 succeed succeed VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 5 in in SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 all all ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 promise promise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 12 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 future future NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 safeguard safeguard VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 21 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 against against ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 25 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 dangers danger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 threaten threaten VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 existence existence NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **succeed** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | we | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **carry out** | gerund | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present | we | | | | | all *property* | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | future | we | | you | | | for the future | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **safeguard** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | us | | | against the two principal dangers | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary against danger=Theme | | 6 | **threaten** | present | the two principal dangers | the existence of the Mice | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus existence=Experiencer | | 7 | **live** | present | the Mice | | | your country | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location | | 8 | **exist** | | the Mice | | | | | | nom existence «state intransitive»: of=agent | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/39/) - ↑ back to [The Country of the Mice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/)