--- title: One day he and the King’s three sons were out hunting together, when… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: One day he and the King’s three sons were out hunting together, when by chance they suddenly came upon a beautiful snow-white doe, who jumped up before them and galloped off towards the mountains. Who acts: Baki, child, beautiful white doe. 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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 (Baki, child, beautiful white doe), 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:pg75000:22:44 # text = One day he and the King’s three sons were out hunting together, when by chance they suddenly came upon a beautiful snow-white doe, who jumped up before them and galloped off towards the mountains. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 13 together together ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 21 upon upon ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 23 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 24 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 doe doe NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 before before ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 galloped gallop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 36 off off ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 towards towards ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hunt** | past · progressive | Baki | | | | day | the King's three sons *nsubj*; together *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | past | child | | | | | by chance; upon a beautiful white doe; suddenly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by chance=Location | | 3 | **jump up** | past | a beautiful white doe | | | | before child | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before they=Trajectory | | 4 | **gallop off** | past | child *not said here* | | | the mountains | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards mountain=Destination | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/45/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/)