--- title: As far as she could see, the whole country appeared to be one great… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: As far as she could see, the whole country appeared to be one great plain, covered with high grass, through which it was almost impossible for anyone to force their way; but after hunting about for a time, she discerned a small opening in the grass, which led her to a narrow winding path, along whic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/29/) [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/) / 29 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of Room Bacha and Baki., sentence 29 As far as she could see, the whole country appeared to be one great plain, covered with high grass, through which it was almost impossible for anyone to force their way; but after hunting about for a time, she discerned a small opening in the grass, which led her to a narrow winding path, along which she walked for some considerable distance. **Who acts:** Queen, whole country · **What happens:** see, appear, be, cover, force, hunt · **To what, where:** one great plain, way, small opening, grass, Queen, narrow winding path 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 (Queen, whole country), 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:pg75000:22:29 # text = As far as she could see, the whole country appeared to be one great plain, covered with high grass, through which it was almost impossible for anyone to force their way; but after hunting about for a time, she discerned a small opening in the grass, which led her to a narrow winding path, along which she walked for some considerable distance. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 through through ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obl _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 expl _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 almost almost ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 28 obl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 force force VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 csubj _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 37 after after SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 39 about about ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 discerned discern VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 opening opening NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 54 nsubj _ _ 54 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 parataxis _ _ 55 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 58 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 59 winding winding NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ _ 60 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 62 along along ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 65 obl _ _ 64 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 conj _ _ 66 for for ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 69 det _ _ 68 considerable considerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | could | Queen | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **appear** | past | the whole country | | | | | far *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the whole country *not said here* | one great plain | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **cover** | participle | | one great plain *not said here* | | | | with high grass | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with grass=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | the whole country *not said here* | | | one great plain | | for anyone; almost, impossible *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **force** | to-infinitive | | miles's way | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Recipient | | 7 | **hunt** | gerund | Queen *not said here* | | | | time | about *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **discern** | past | Queen | a small opening | | the grass | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer opening=Stimulus | | 9 | **lead** | past | | Queen | | a narrow winding path | | which *nsubj* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to path=Destination | | 10 | **walk** | past | Queen | | | | | for some considerable distance; which *obl* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along which=Trajectory | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/30/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/)