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title: When, after a few minutes, she went back into the house, leaving the… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
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# Folk tales from Tibet, How He Found the Lost Turquoise., sentence 38

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When, after a few minutes, she went back into the house, leaving the turquoise lying in the middle of the yard, the Boy thought that this would be a good opportunity of getting the turquoise for himself, but he was afraid to leave his nest for fear of being noticed; so picking up a piece of rag from amongst the manure he threw it over the turquoise, concealing it from sight.

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**Who acts:** Lady, turquoise, Boy, this, good opportunity · **What happens:** go back, leave, lie, think, be, get · **To what, where:** house, turquoise, middle, good opportunity, nest, fear · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Lady, turquoise, Boy, this), 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:pg75000:23:38
# text = When, after a few minutes, she went back into the house, leaving the turquoise lying in the middle of the yard, the Boy thought that this would be a good opportunity of getting the turquoise for himself, but he was afraid to leave his nest for fear of being noticed; so picking up a piece of rag from amongst the manure he threw it over the turquoise, concealing it from sight.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	turquoise	turquoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	acl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
28	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl	_	_
29	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	35	mark	_	_
30	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	35	nsubj	_	_
31	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
32	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	cop	_	_
33	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	ccomp	_	_
36	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
37	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	35	acl	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	turquoise	turquoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
40	for	for	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
44	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
45	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	cop	_	_
46	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	conj	_	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
48	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	xcomp	_	_
49	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
51	for	for	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
53	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	55	mark	_	_
54	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	55	aux:pass	_	_
55	noticed	notice	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	52	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
57	so	so	ADV	RB	_	58	advmod	_	_
58	picking	pick	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
59	up	up	ADP	RP	_	58	compound:prt	_	_
60	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obj	_	_
62	of	of	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
63	rag	rag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nmod	_	_
64	from	from	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
65	amongst	amongst	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	manure	manure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	_
68	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	69	nsubj	_	_
69	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	67	acl:relcl	_	_
70	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	69	obj	_	_
71	over	over	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
72	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
73	turquoise	turquoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	_
75	concealing	conceal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	58	conj	_	_
76	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	75	obj	_	_
77	from	from	ADP	IN	_	78	case	_	_
78	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go back** | past | Lady |  |  | the house | minute |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund | Lady *not said here* | the turquoise |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turquoise=Theme |
| 3 | **lie** | gerund | the turquoise *not said here* |  |  | the middle of the yard |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in middle=Location |
| 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Boy | the turquoise *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot turquoise=Theme |
| 5 | **is a** | would | this | a good opportunity |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **get** | gerund | a good opportunity *not said here* | the turquoise |  |  |  | for Boy | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent turquoise=Theme for himself=Source |
| 7 | **is** | past | Boy |  |  |  |  | afraid *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **leave** | to-infinitive | Boy *not said here* | Boy's nest |  |  |  | for fear | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent nest=Theme for fear=Recipient |
| 9 | **notice** | gerund · passive |  | fear *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING» |
| 10 | **pick up** | gerund | Lady *not said here* | a piece of rag |  | the manure |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Topic |
| 11 | **throw** | past | Boy | nest |  | the turquoise |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme over turquoise=Destination |
| 12 | **conceal** | gerund | Lady *not said here* | nest |  | sight |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Patient from sight=Beneficiary |

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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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