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title: The Queen thanked the old man for his advice, and following the narr… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: The Queen thanked the old man for his advice, and following the narrow path, it soon led her to the top of a small hill; and here she was delivered of a child, who, as the magician had predicted, was of a miraculous nature, and was at once able to walk and talk. Who acts: Queen, path. A sentence of 
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of Room Bacha and Baki., sentence 38

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The Queen thanked the old man for his advice, and following the narrow path, it soon led her to the top of a small hill; and here she was delivered of a child, who, as the magician had predicted, was of a miraculous nature, and was at once able to walk and talk.

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**Who acts:** Queen, path · **What happens:** thank, follow, lead, deliver, predict, be · **To what, where:** old man, narrow path, Queen, top, child

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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, path), 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:pg75000:22:38
# text = The Queen thanked the old man for his advice, and following the narrow path, it soon led her to the top of a small hill; and here she was delivered of a child, who, as the magician had predicted, was of a miraculous nature, and was at once able to walk and talk.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thanked	thank	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	19	advmod	_	_
19	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
20	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	33	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	33	advmod	_	_
31	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
32	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux:pass	_	_
33	delivered	deliver	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
38	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	44	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
40	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nsubj	_	_
43	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
44	predicted	predict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
46	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	cop	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	miraculous	miraculous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
53	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	cop	_	_
54	at	at	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	56	advmod	_	_
56	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	conj	_	_
57	to	to	PART	TO	_	58	mark	_	_
58	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	56	xcomp	_	_
59	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
60	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | the Queen |  | the old man |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent man=Theme for advice=Attribute |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund | the Queen *not said here* | the narrow path |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Theme |
| 3 | **lead** | past | path | Queen |  | the top of a small hill |  | soon *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to top=Destination |
| 4 | **deliver** | past · passive |  | Queen |  | here |  | of a child | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme of child=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **predict** | past · perfect · passive |  | a child |  |  |  | the magician *nsubj* | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 6 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | of a miraculous nature | tree rules |
| 7 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | able, once *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **walk** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **talk** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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