--- title: Towards noon the Lady of the house came out into the yard, and as sh… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Towards noon the Lady of the house came out into the yard, and as she was moving about superintending the various farming operations, it happened that a large and valuable turquoise fell out of her headdress without her noticing it. Who acts: Towards noon, Lady, it, large turquoise. 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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 (Towards noon, Lady, it, large turquoise), 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:pg75000:23:37 # text = Towards noon the Lady of the house came out into the yard, and as she was moving about superintending the various farming operations, it happened that a large and valuable turquoise fell out of her headdress without her noticing it. 1 Towards toward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 compound _ _ 2 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Lady Lady PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 out out ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 moving move VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 19 about about SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 superintending superintend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 farming farming NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 operations operation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 30 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 valuable valuable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 33 turquoise turquoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 35 out out ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 headdress headdress NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 without without SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 noticing notice VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | past | Towards noon | | | | | into the yard; the Lady of the house *nsubj*; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **move** | past · progressive | Lady | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **superintend** | gerund | Lady *not said here* | the various farming operations | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent operation=Theme | | 4 | **happen** | past | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **fall** | past | a large turquoise | | | turquoise's headdress | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme out headdress=Location | | 6 | **notice** | gerund | Lady | house | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/38/) - ↑ back to [How He Found the Lost Turquoise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/)