--- title: “You are a nice sort of friend,” said he, “to ask me to pay a visit… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “You are a nice sort of friend,” said he, “to ask me to pay a visit to your home in order to kill me and use my heart as medicine for your ugly wife. Who acts: You, nice sort, sort. 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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 (You, nice sort, sort), 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:pg75000:21:36 # text = “You are a nice sort of friend,” said he, “to ask me to pay a visit to your home in order to kill me and use my heart as medicine for your ugly wife. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 28 mark _ _ 26 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 fixed _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | You | a nice sort | | | | of friend | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a nice sort | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | sort | | a nice sort *= sort* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **pay** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | sort *not said here* | a visit | | | | to your home | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visit=Asset | | 5 | **kill** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | sort *not said here* | a nice sort *= sort* | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 6 | **use** *in a quote* | infinitive | sort *not said here* | my heart | | | | as medicine; for your ugly wife | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent heart=Duration as medicine=Attribute | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/21/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/21/37/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Tortoise and the Monkey.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/21/)