--- title: The counsellors, after weighing the matter for some time, summoned t… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The counsellors, after weighing the matter for some time, summoned to their presence several peasants living in the neighbourhood, and these being all agreed that no tiger ever came within many miles of the palace, whereas foxes prowled there nightly, it was clear to the council that the King was in --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/20/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Folk tales from Tibet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/) / [The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/) / 20 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of Room Bacha and Baki., sentence 20 The counsellors, after weighing the matter for some time, summoned to their presence several peasants living in the neighbourhood, and these being all agreed that no tiger ever came within many miles of the palace, whereas foxes prowled there nightly, it was clear to the council that the King was in the wrong. **Who acts:** counsellors, several peasants, these, tiger, foxes, King · **What happens:** weigh, summon, live, be, come, prowl · **To what, where:** matter, counsellors, neighbourhood, whereas This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (counsellors, several peasants, these, tiger), 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:pg75000:22:20 # text = The counsellors, after weighing the matter for some time, summoned to their presence several peasants living in the neighbourhood, and these being all agreed that no tiger ever came within many miles of the palace, whereas foxes prowled there nightly, it was clear to the council that the King was in the wrong. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 counsellors counsellor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 after after SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 weighing weigh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 summoned summon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 peasants peasant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 18 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 acl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 neighbourhood neighbourhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 27 nsubj _ _ 25 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 cop _ _ 26 all all ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 30 det _ _ 30 tiger tiger NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 32 advmod _ _ 32 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 33 within within ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 whereas whereas PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 obj _ _ 41 foxes fox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 42 prowled prowl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 44 nightly nightly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 expl _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 55 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weigh** | gerund | the counsellors *not said here* | the matter | | | time | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme matter=Value | | 2 | **summon** | participle · passive | | the counsellors | | | | to counsellors's presence; several peasants *obj* | tree rules | | 3 | **live** | gerund | several peasants *not said here* | | | the neighbourhood | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in neighbourhood=Location | | 4 | **is** | gerund | these | | | | | agree, all *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | past | no tiger | | | | ever | within many miles of the palace | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **prowl** | past | foxes | whereas | | there | | nightly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme whereas=Trajectory | | 7 | **is** | past | no tiger *not said here* | | | | | to the council; clear *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | the King | | | | | wrong *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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/21/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/)