--- title: After floating along for several hours the current at length carried… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: After floating along for several hours the current at length carried her to the opposite bank, many miles away from her own country, and as soon as she arrived in shallow water she waded ashore and looked about her. Who acts: current, 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 (current, 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:pg75000:22:28 # text = After floating along for several hours the current at length carried her to the opposite bank, many miles away from her own country, and as soon as she arrived in shallow water she waded ashore and looked about her. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 floating float VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 3 along along ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 current current NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 20 away away ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 as as ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 advmod _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 shallow shallow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 waded wade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 37 ashore ashore ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 40 about about ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | gerund | the current at length *not said here* | | | | | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **carry** | past | the current at length | Queen | | the opposite bank and many miles | hour | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to bank=Destination | | 3 | **arrive** | past | Queen | | | shallow water | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **wade** | past | Queen | | | | | ashore *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **look** | past | Queen *not said here* | | | | | about Queen | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent about she=Theme | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/29/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/)