--- title: If the council agreed that he was in the wrong, he should be sent ad… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: If the council agreed that he was in the wrong, he should be sent adrift on a log of wood on the great river that flowed past the palace; but if the Queen should be found to be in the wrong, she should suffer this fate. Who acts: council, great river, Queen. 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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 (council, great river, Queen), 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:pg75000:22:12 # text = If the council agreed that he was in the wrong, he should be sent adrift on a log of wood on the great river that flowed past the palace; but if the Queen should be found to be in the wrong, she should suffer this fate. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 16 adrift adrift ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 log log NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 flowed flow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 past past ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 advcl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 48 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 49 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the council | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | council | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **send** | should · passive | | council | | a log of wood | | on the great river; adrift *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **flow** | past | the great river | | | | | past the palace | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | should · passive | | the Queen | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 6 | **is** | to-infinitive | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **suffer** | should | Queen | this fate | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fate=Stimulus | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/13/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/)