--- title: The girl meanwhile had seated herself upon a couch in one corner of… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The girl meanwhile had seated herself upon a couch in one corner of the room, and addressing the young man, she asked him who he was, and what he meant by thus thrusting himself upon the privacy of a lady. Who acts: girl, man. 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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 (girl, man), 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:pg75000:22:50 # text = The girl meanwhile had seated herself upon a couch in one corner of the room, and addressing the young man, she asked him who he was, and what he meant by thus thrusting himself upon the privacy of a lady. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 3 meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 6 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obj _ _ 7 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 couch couch NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 addressing address VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 obj _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 33 obj _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 34 by by SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 thus thus ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 thrusting thrust VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 37 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obj _ _ 38 upon upon ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 privacy privacy NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seat** | past · perfect | the girl *not said here* | girl | | one corner of the room | | upon a couch; meanwhile *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent herself=Value in corner=Location | | 2 | **address** | gerund | the girl *not said here* | | the young man | | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Destination | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the girl | | man | | | who *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **mean** | past | man | | | | | what *obj* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 5 | **thrust** | gerund | man *not said here* | man | | | | upon the privacy of a lady; thus *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/51/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/)