--- title: All at once the deer galloped straight up to what appeared to be a p… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: All at once the deer galloped straight up to what appeared to be a precipitous rock, and touching the rock with her muzzle, it flew asunder, revealing the entrance to a great cave within; and as she crossed the threshold of the cave her skin fell from her, and she appeared in the form of a beautiful --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/47/) [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/) / 47 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of Room Bacha and Baki., sentence 47 All at once the deer galloped straight up to what appeared to be a precipitous rock, and touching the rock with her muzzle, it flew asunder, revealing the entrance to a great cave within; and as she crossed the threshold of the cave her skin fell from her, and she appeared in the form of a beautiful young woman. **Who acts:** All, rock, doe, skin · **What happens:** gallop, appear, be, touch, fly, reveal · **To what, where:** precipitous rock, rock, asunder, entrance, great cave, threshold 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 (All, rock, doe, skin), 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:pg75000:22:47 # text = All at once the deer galloped straight up to what appeared to be a precipitous rock, and touching the rock with her muzzle, it flew asunder, revealing the entrance to a great cave within; and as she crossed the threshold of the cave her skin fell from her, and she appeared in the form of a beautiful young woman. 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 once once SCONJ IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 6 galloped gallop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 straight straight ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 up up ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 11 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 precipitous precipitous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 touching touch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 muzzle muzzle NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 28 asunder asunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 revealing reveal VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 37 within within ADP IN _ 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 crossed cross VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 threshold threshold NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 51 from from ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 62 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 63 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gallop** | past | All at the deer | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **appear** | past | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a precipitous rock | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **touch** | gerund | All at the deer *not said here* | the rock | | | | with doe's muzzle | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent rock=Experiencer with muzzle=Instrument | | 5 | **fly** | past | rock | asunder | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location asunder=Theme | | 6 | **reveal** | gerund | rock *not said here* | the entrance | a great cave | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent entrance=Topic to cave=Recipient | | 7 | **cross** | past | doe | the threshold of the cave | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent threshold=Patient | | 8 | **fall** | past | doe's skin | the cave *not said here* | | | | from doe | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient cave=Extent from she=Initial\_State | | 9 | **appear** | past | doe | | | the form of a beautiful young woman | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in form=Location | | 10 | **form** | | | a beautiful young woman | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/48/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/)