--- title: “Very well,” replied the King, “if you can succeed in averting the d… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “Very well,” replied the King, “if you can succeed in averting the danger which now threatens us, I will undertake to do all that you ask of me in this respect.” Who acts: King, you, danger. 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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 (King, you, danger), 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:pg75000:20:44 # text = “Very well,” replied the King, “if you can succeed in averting the danger which now threatens us, I will undertake to do all that you ask of me in this respect.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 succeed succeed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 15 in in SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 averting avert VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 21 threatens threaten VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 undertake undertake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 obl _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obj _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 37 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the King | | | | | well *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **succeed** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | you | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **avert** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* | the danger | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **threaten** *in a quote* | present | the danger | us | | | now | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus we=Experiencer | | 5 | **undertake** *in a quote* | future | the King *= king* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the King *= king* *not said here* | all | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present | you | | | this respect | | of the King *= king* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Recipient | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/45/) - ↑ back to [The Country of the Mice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/20/)