--- title: He woke towards dawn, and, looking up into the branches of the tree,… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: He woke towards dawn, and, looking up into the branches of the tree, he saw a large Raven’s nest, on which an old Raven was sitting hatching her eggs, whilst Father Raven perched on a branch near by. Who acts: Boy, old Raven, Father. 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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 (Boy, old Raven, Father), 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:pg75000:23:17 # text = He woke towards dawn, and, looking up into the branches of the tree, he saw a large Raven’s nest, on which an old Raven was sitting hatching her eggs, whilst Father Raven perched on a branch near by. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 woke wake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 towards towards ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 Raven Raven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’s 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obl _ _ 27 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 Raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 conj _ _ 32 hatching hatch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 Raven Raven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 flat _ _ 39 perched perch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 near near ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 43 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wake** | past | Boy | | | | dawn | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **look up** | gerund | Boy *not said here* | | | | | into the branches of the tree | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into branch=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | Boy | a large Raven's nest | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nest=Stimulus | | 4 | **sit** | past · progressive | a old Raven | | | | | which *obl* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on which=Location | | 5 | **hatch** | gerund | a old Raven *not said here* | Raven's eggs | | | | | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP V NP.product PP.patient»: agent=Agent egg=Product | | 6 | **perch** | past | Father | | | a branch | | near *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on branch=Location | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/18/) - ↑ back to [How He Found the Lost Turquoise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/)