--- title: Early next morning the pigs belonging to the place began to poke abo… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Early next morning the pigs belonging to the place began to poke about the yard and the manure heap, and several of them, as they passed, rooted at his head with their snouts to see if he was anything good to eat. Who acts: pigs, slank. 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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 (pigs, slank), 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:pg75000:23:34 # text = Early next morning the pigs belonging to the place began to poke about the yard and the manure heap, and several of them, as they passed, rooted at his head with their snouts to see if he was anything good to eat. 1 Early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 6 belonging belong VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 poke poke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 about about ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 manure manure NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 rooted root VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 parataxis _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 snouts snout NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 38 obj _ _ 43 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **belong** | gerund | the pigs *not said here* | | | | | to the place | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **begin** | past | the pigs | several of yard | | | morning | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **poke** | to-infinitive | the pigs *not said here* | | | | | about the yard and the manure heap | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent about yard=Location | | 4 | **pass** | past | pigs *= pig* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **root** | participle | | | | slank's head with pigs's snouts | | | vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent at head=Location | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | slank | anything | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **eat** | to-infinitive | slank *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/35/) - ↑ back to [How He Found the Lost Turquoise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/)