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title: The old Man, seeing before him only a poor Boy, without even a hat o… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: The old Man, seeing before him only a poor Boy, without even a hat or a cloak, did not believe a word of this story, so he only laughed at him and mocked him; and finally, when the Boy grew angry, gave him a sound beating, and left him to go on his way disconsolate. Who acts: old Man, Boy. A sentenc
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# Folk tales from Tibet, How He Found the Lost Turquoise., sentence 24

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The old Man, seeing before him only a poor Boy, without even a hat or a cloak, did not believe a word of this story, so he only laughed at him and mocked him; and finally, when the Boy grew angry, gave him a sound beating, and left him to go on his way disconsolate.

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**Who acts:** old Man, Boy · **What happens:** see, not believe, laugh, mock, grow, give · **To what, where:** poor Boy, word, Boy, sound beating, way disconsolate, story

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This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, How He Found the Lost Turquoise.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old Man, Boy), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75000:23:24
# text = The old Man, seeing before him only a poor Boy, without even a hat or a cloak, did not believe a word of this story, so he only laughed at him and mocked him; and finally, when the Boy grew angry, gave him a sound beating, and left him to go on his way disconsolate.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	without	without	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	even	even	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
21	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
22	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	23	advmod	_	_
23	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	28	det	_	_
28	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
30	so	so	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
31	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
32	only	only	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	parataxis	_	_
34	at	at	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	obl	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	mocked	mock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	conj	_	_
38	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
41	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	46	advmod	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nsubj	_	_
46	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	parataxis	_	_
47	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
49	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	conj	_	_
50	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	iobj	_	_
51	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
52	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	compound	_	_
53	beating	beating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
56	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	conj	_	_
57	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	obj	_	_
58	to	to	PART	TO	_	59	mark	_	_
59	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	56	advcl	_	_
60	on	on	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
61	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	63	nmod:poss	_	_
62	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	compound	_	_
63	disconsolate	disconsolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | gerund | the old Man *not said here* | a poor Boy |  |  | before Boy | without a hat or a cloak | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **believe** | past · do-support | the old Man | a word of this story |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus |
| 3 | **laugh** | past | Boy |  |  |  |  | at Father | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **mock** | past | Boy *not said here* | Boy |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 5 | **grow** | past | the Boy |  |  |  |  | angry, finally *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **give** | past | the Boy *not said here* | a sound beating | Boy |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient beating=Theme |
| 7 | **leave** | past | the Boy *not said here* | Boy |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 8 | **go** | to-infinitive | the Boy *not said here* |  |  | Boy's way disconsolate |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on disconsolate=Location |
| 9 | **word** |  |  | this story |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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