--- title: The others agreed to these words of wisdom, and the counsellors proc… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The others agreed to these words of wisdom, and the counsellors proceeded in a body to the King’s throne-room and informed him publicly that after due deliberation they had come to the conclusion that he was undoubtedly in the right. Who acts: others, counsellors, King. 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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 (others, counsellors, King), 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:pg75000:22:25 # text = The others agreed to these words of wisdom, and the counsellors proceeded in a body to the King’s throne-room and informed him publicly that after due deliberation they had come to the conclusion that he was undoubtedly in the right. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 counsellors counsellor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 informed inform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 publicly publicly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 that that ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 29 after after ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 deliberation deliberation NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 conclusion conclusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 41 undoubtedly undoubtedly ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | the others | | | | | to this words of wisdom | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **proceed** | past | the counsellors | | | a body | | to the King's throne room | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | the counsellors *not said here* | | King | | after due deliberation | that *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **come** | past · perfect | counsellors *= counsellor* | due deliberation *not said here* | | | | to the conclusion | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location deliberation=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | King | the conclusion *not said here* | | the right | | undoubtedly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **word** | | | wisdom | | | | | nom word «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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/26/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/)