--- title: Baki, who was of a very courageous disposition, did not hesitate for… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Baki, who was of a very courageous disposition, did not hesitate for a moment, but, leaping from his horse, he followed the lady into the cave, and scarcely had he entered when the rock doors closed behind him with a loud crash. Who acts: Baki. 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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), 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:pg75000:22:48 # text = Baki, who was of a very courageous disposition, did not hesitate for a moment, but, leaping from his horse, he followed the lady into the cave, and scarcely had he entered when the rock doors closed behind him with a loud crash. 1 Baki Baki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 courageous courageous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 disposition disposition NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 hesitate hesitate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 leaping leap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 38 when when SCONJ WRB _ 42 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 ccomp _ _ 43 behind behind ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 crash crash NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Baki | | | | | of a courageous disposition | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **hesitate** | past · do-support | Baki | | | | moment | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **leap** | gerund | Baki *not said here* | | | | | from Baki's horse | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from horse=Trajectory | | 4 | **follow** | past | Baki | the lady | | the cave | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lady=Theme into cave=Trajectory | | 5 | **have** | past | | | | | | scarcely *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **enter** | past | Baki | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **close** | participle · passive | | the rock doors | | | | behind Baki; with a loud crash | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with crash=Theme | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/49/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/)