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title: In addition to the magicians and lamas of the day before, a great ma… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: In addition to the magicians and lamas of the day before, a great many of the neighbours had obeyed the summons, and amongst them were the people who had treated the poor Boy so badly during their wedding feast, and the Beggar who had reviled and beaten him. Who acts: neighbours, Beggar. A sentence 
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# Folk tales from Tibet, How He Found the Lost Turquoise., sentence 47

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In addition to the magicians and lamas of the day before, a great many of the neighbours had obeyed the summons, and amongst them were the people who had treated the poor Boy so badly during their wedding feast, and the Beggar who had reviled and beaten him.

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**Who acts:** neighbours, Beggar · **What happens:** obey, be, treat, revile, beat · **To what, where:** great many neighbours, addition, poor Boy, Boy

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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 (neighbours, Beggar), 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:pg75000:23:47
# text = In addition to the magicians and lamas of the day before, a great many of the neighbours had obeyed the summons, and amongst them were the people who had treated the poor Boy so badly during their wedding feast, and the Beggar who had reviled and beaten him.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	addition	addition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	magicians	magician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	lamas	lama	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	before	before	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
14	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
15	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	obeyed	obey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	summons	summon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
25	amongst	amongst	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
26	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
27	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	_
30	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	32	nsubj:pass	_	_
31	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	treated	treat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	conj	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
36	so	so	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
37	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	32	advmod	_	_
38	during	during	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
40	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	_
41	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	Beggar	Beggar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	nsubj	_	_
46	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	48	nsubj	_	_
47	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	aux	_	_
48	reviled	revile	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	20	conj	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
50	beaten	beat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	48	conj	_	_
51	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obey** | past · perfect · passive |  | a great many neighbours |  | addition to the magicians and lamas of the day |  | the summons *obj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | neighbours *= neighbour* |  |  |  |  | amongst the people | tree rules |
| 3 | **treat** | past · perfect · passive |  | the poor Boy |  |  | during people's wedding feast | who *nsubj:pass*; badly *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **revile** | past · perfect | the Beggar |  |  |  |  | who *nsubj* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **beat** | participle | the Beggar *not said here* | Boy |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme |

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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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