--- title: “Yes, so I see,” replied Mother Raven, “but it is clear, nevertheles… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “Yes, so I see,” replied Mother Raven, “but it is clear, nevertheless, that all he has to do is to go towards the villages which lie towards the east from here—there he will meet with good fortune.” Who acts: Mother Raven, all, villages, 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 (Mother Raven, all, villages, 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:pg75000:23:22 # text = “Yes, so I see,” replied Mother Raven, “but it is clear, nevertheless, that all he has to do is to go towards the villages which lie towards the east from here—there he will meet with good fortune.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 Mother Mother PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Raven Raven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 expl _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 nevertheless nevertheless ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 24 nsubj _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 30 towards towards ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 villages village NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 lie lie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 towards towards ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 — - PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | present | Mother Raven *= raven* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Mother Raven | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Mother Raven *not said here* | | | | | clear, nevertheless *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | all | | | | | Father *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · do-support | | | | | | towards the villages; go *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **lie** *in a quote* | present | the villages | | | | | towards the east | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **meet** *in a quote* | future | Father | | | there | | with good fortune | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with fortune=Co-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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/23/) - ↑ back to [How He Found the Lost Turquoise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/)