--- title: Meanwhile the armed men, who were in reality demons, placed temporar… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Meanwhile the armed men, who were in reality demons, placed temporarily under the command of Prince Baki, looked fiercely around them, and waving their swords, shouted to the Prince, “Whom shall we kill? Who acts: armed men, 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 (armed men, 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:pg75000:22:104 # text = Meanwhile the armed men, who were in reality demons, placed temporarily under the command of Prince Baki, looked fiercely around them, and waving their swords, shouted to the Prince, “Whom shall we kill? 1 Meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 reality reality NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 demons demon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 13 temporarily temporarily ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 under under ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 Baki Baki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 21 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 fiercely fiercely ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 around around ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 waving wave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 28 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 swords sword NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 shouted shout VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 parataxis _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 obj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ? ? PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the armed men | | | | | in reality demons | tree rules | | 2 | **place** | participle | | reality demons *not said here* | | the command of Prince | | temporarily *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent under command=Destination | | 3 | **look** | past | the armed men | | | | | around demons *= demon*; fiercely, meanwhile *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent around they=Theme | | 4 | **wave** | gerund | the armed men *not said here* | demons's swords | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Patient | | 5 | **shout** *speech: express* | participle | | | | | | the Prince *obl:agent* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **kill** *in a quote* | shall | we | | | | | Whom *obj* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | | 7 | **command** | | | Prince | | | | | nom command «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/105/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/)