--- title: The Tortoise was so interested with all he saw and so pleased with h… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The Tortoise was so interested with all he saw and so pleased with his friend the Monkey, that he remained for several days in the forest, moving about during the day and sleeping with the Monkey in the cave every night. Who acts: Tortoise. 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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 (Tortoise), 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:pg75000:21:7 # text = The Tortoise was so interested with all he saw and so pleased with his friend the Monkey, that he remained for several days in the forest, moving about during the day and sleeping with the Monkey in the cave every night. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Tortoise Tortoise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 interested interested ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 obl _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 moving move VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 30 about about ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 during during ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 42 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 43 det _ _ 43 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Tortoise | | | | | with all; interested *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | Tortoise | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **be** | | the Tortoise *not said here* | | | | | with Tortoise's friend the Monkey | tree rules | | 4 | **remain** | past | Tortoise | | | the forest | day | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Location | | 5 | **move about** | gerund | Tortoise *not said here* | | | | day | about *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **sleep** | gerund | Tortoise *not said here* | | | the cave | night | with the Monkey | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in cave=Location | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/21/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/21/8/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Tortoise and the Monkey.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/21/)