--- title: The servant lent him a knife, and as soon as he had got it he entice… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The servant lent him a knife, and as soon as he had got it he enticed one of the pigs away to a quiet corner, where he killed it and cut off its head; and taking with him some strips of its flesh, he returned to his nest in the manure, and hid himself there again, together with the pig’s head, waiti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/36/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Folk tales from Tibet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/) / [How He Found the Lost Turquoise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/) / 36 # Folk tales from Tibet, How He Found the Lost Turquoise., sentence 36 The servant lent him a knife, and as soon as he had got it he enticed one of the pigs away to a quiet corner, where he killed it and cut off its head; and taking with him some strips of its flesh, he returned to his nest in the manure, and hid himself there again, together with the pig’s head, waiting to see what would turn up. **Who acts:** servant, slank · **What happens:** lend, get, entice, kill, cut off, take · **To what, where:** knife, slank, one, head, strips, manure · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (servant, 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:pg75000:23:36 # text = The servant lent him a knife, and as soon as he had got it he enticed one of the pigs away to a quiet corner, where he killed it and cut off its head; and taking with him some strips of its flesh, he returned to his nest in the manure, and hid himself there again, together with the pig’s head, waiting to see what would turn up. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lent lend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 9 as as ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 parataxis _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 enticed entice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 22 away away ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 34 off off ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 43 det _ _ 43 strips strip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 manure manure NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 59 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 58 obj _ _ 60 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 58 advmod _ _ 61 again again ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 63 together together ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 64 with with ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ’s 's PART POS _ 66 case _ _ 68 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 70 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 58 advcl _ _ 71 to to PART TO _ 72 mark _ _ 72 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 70 advcl _ _ 73 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 75 obj _ _ 74 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 75 aux _ _ 75 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 72 ccomp _ _ 76 up up ADP RP _ 75 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lend** | past | the servant | a knife | slank | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient knife=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past · perfect | slank | knife | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 3 | **entice** | past | slank | one of the pigs | | | | to a quiet corner *result*; soon *property* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent one=Patient to corner=Result | | 4 | **kill** | past | slank | knife | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **cut off** | participle | slank *not said here* | knife's head | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | | 6 | **take** | gerund | the servant *not said here* | some strips of knife's flesh | | | | with slank | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strip=Theme | | 7 | **return** | past | slank | | | the manure | | to slank's nest *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to nest=Result | | 8 | **hide** | past | the servant *not said here* | slank | | there | again | with the pig's head; together *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 9 | **wait** | gerund | the servant *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **see** | to-infinitive | the servant *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 11 | **turn up** | would | | | | | | what *obj* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location what=Theme | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/37/) - ↑ back to [How He Found the Lost Turquoise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/)