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title: After going some way she came suddenly upon an open clearing in the… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: After going some way she came suddenly upon an open clearing in the grass, in the middle of which a very old man, with a white beard reaching almost to his waist, was seated before a small fire cooking himself some food. Who acts: Queen, white beard, small fire. A sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet»
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of Room Bacha and Baki., sentence 30

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After going some way she came suddenly upon an open clearing in the grass, in the middle of which a very old man, with a white beard reaching almost to his waist, was seated before a small fire cooking himself some food.

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**Who acts:** Queen, white beard, small fire · **What happens:** go, come, reach, seat, cook · **To what, where:** way, middle, waist, old man, man

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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, white beard, small fire), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75000:22:30
# text = After going some way she came suddenly upon an open clearing in the grass, in the middle of which a very old man, with a white beard reaching almost to his waist, was seated before a small fire cooking himself some food.
1	After	after	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	clearing	clearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	37	obl	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
22	very	very	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	appos	_	_
30	reaching	reach	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	29	acl	_	_
31	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
32	to	to	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	waist	waist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
36	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	aux:pass	_	_
37	seated	seat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl:relcl	_	_
38	before	before	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
40	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
42	cooking	cook	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	41	acl	_	_
43	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	42	obj	_	_
44	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	45	det	_	_
45	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund |  | some way |  | the middle |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in middle=Location |
| 2 | **come** | past | Queen | some way *not said here* |  |  |  | upon a open clearing in the grass; suddenly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme |
| 3 | **reach** | gerund | a white beard *not said here* | man's waist |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent waist=Theme |
| 4 | **seat** | past · passive |  | a old man |  |  | before a small fire | of the middle | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value |
| 5 | **cook** | gerund | a small fire *not said here* | man |  |  |  | some food *obj* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent himself=Beneficiary food=Product |

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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.

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**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.

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