--- title: He soon found out that during his absence the King had announced his… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: He soon found out that during his absence the King had announced his intention of marrying Baki’s mother, and the poor lady, now that she had no son to protect her, had protested in vain, saying that she was already the wife of another. Who acts: Baki, King, intention, lady. 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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, King, intention, lady), 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:pg75000:22:80 # text = He soon found out that during his absence the King had announced his intention of marrying Baki’s mother, and the poor lady, now that she had no son to protect her, had protested in vain, saying that she was already the wife of another. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 6 during during ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 announced announce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 intention intention NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 marrying marry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 acl _ _ 17 Baki Baki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 protect protect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 protested protest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 45 already already ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 ccomp _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find out** | past | Baki | the poor lady | | | | soon *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **announce** *speech: other* | past · perfect | the King | Baki's intention | | | during Baki's absence | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intention=Theme | | 3 | **marry** | gerund | Baki's intention *not said here* | Baki's mother | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Patient | | 4 | **have** | past | lady | no son | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 5 | **protect** | to-infinitive | lady *not said here* | | lady | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | | 6 | **protest** *speech: disagree* | past · perfect | | | | vain | | | vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** | past | lady | the wife | | | | of another | tree rules | | 9 | **absent** | | Baki | | | | | | nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **intend** | | Baki | | | | | | nom intention «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/81/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/)