--- title: If you decide that it was a fox, I agree to be sent adrift upon a lo… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: If you decide that it was a fox, I agree to be sent adrift upon a log of wood on the great river which flows past my palace; but if you think that the animal was a tiger, then the Queen is to suffer this penalty.” Who acts: you, decision, I, great river. 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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, decision, I, great river), 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:pg75000:22:18 # text = If you decide that it was a fox, I agree to be sent adrift upon a log of wood on the great river which flows past my palace; but if you think that the animal was a tiger, then the Queen is to suffer this penalty.” 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 decide decide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 agree agree VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 ccomp _ _ 15 adrift adrift ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 16 upon upon ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 log log NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 flows flow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 past past ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 tiger tiger NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 48 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 49 penalty penalty NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | decision | a fox | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | I | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **send** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | | | | the great river | | upon a log of wood; adrift *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP» | | 5 | **flow** | present | the great river | | | | | past my palace | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | past | the animal | a tiger | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | present | the Queen | | | | then | this penalty *obj*; suffer *property* | tree rules | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/19/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/)