--- title: Finding that all their efforts were of no avail, the Lady of the hou… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Finding that all their efforts were of no avail, the Lady of the house sent off in hot haste to summon all the most famous diviners, magicians, and lamas of the neighbourhood, and these, when they arrived, began practising all kinds of spells and casting auguries in the hope of discovering what had --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/43/) [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/) / 43 # Folk tales from Tibet, How He Found the Lost Turquoise., sentence 43 Finding that all their efforts were of no avail, the Lady of the house sent off in hot haste to summon all the most famous diviners, magicians, and lamas of the neighbourhood, and these, when they arrived, began practising all kinds of spells and casting auguries in the hope of discovering what had become of the turquoise; but all in vain, and when nightfall arrived, they were no better off than they were before. **Who acts:** Lady, efforts, these, hope, nightfall · **What happens:** find, be, send off, summon, arrive, begin · **To what, where:** lamas, hot haste, famous diviners, kinds, hope, turquoise · **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 (Lady, efforts, these, hope), 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:pg75000:23:43 # text = Finding that all their efforts were of no avail, the Lady of the house sent off in hot haste to summon all the most famous diviners, magicians, and lamas of the neighbourhood, and these, when they arrived, began practising all kinds of spells and casting auguries in the hope of discovering what had become of the turquoise; but all in vain, and when nightfall arrived, they were no better off than they were before. 1 Finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 efforts effort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 avail avail NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Lady Lady PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 off off ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 summon summon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 26 advmod _ _ 26 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 diviners diviner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 magicians magician NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 lamas lama NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 neighbourhood neighbourhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 42 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 45 practising practise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 xcomp _ _ 46 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 47 det _ _ 47 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 spells spell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 casting casting NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 auguries augury NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 56 of of SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 57 discovering discover VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 55 acl _ _ 58 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 60 nsubj _ _ 59 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 57 parataxis _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 turquoise turquoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ; ; PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 65 but but CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 66 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 68 nsubj _ _ 67 in in ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 71 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 73 advmod _ _ 72 nightfall nightfall NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ _ 73 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 75 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 78 nsubj _ _ 76 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 78 cop _ _ 77 no no ADV RB _ 78 advmod _ _ 78 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 73 conj _ _ 79 off off ADP RP _ 78 compound:prt _ _ 80 than than SCONJ IN _ 83 mark _ _ 81 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 83 nsubj _ _ 82 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 83 cop _ _ 83 before before ADV RB _ 78 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | gerund | the Lady of the house *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | bustle's efforts | | | | | of no avail | tree rules | | 3 | **send off** | past | the Lady of the house | lamas of the neighbourhood | | hot haste | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in haste=Destination | | 4 | **summon** | to-infinitive | the Lady of the house *not said here* | all famous diviners and magicians | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diviner=Recipient | | 5 | **arrive** | past | these | | | | | efforts *= effort* *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **begin** | past | these *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **practise** | gerund | these *not said here* | all kinds of spells and casting auguries | | the hope | | | tree rules | | 8 | **discover** | gerund | the hope *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **become** | past · perfect | | the turquoise | | | | what *nsubj* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **arrive** | past | nightfall | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **not** **is** | past | efforts *= effort* | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **is** | past | efforts *= effort* | | | | | before *property* | tree rules | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/44/) - ↑ back to [How He Found the Lost Turquoise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/)