--- title: As soon as they were all seated in rows ready to see what was going… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as they were all seated in rows ready to see what was going to happen, the Boy, holding the pig’s head under his arm, presented himself before them all, and addressed them as follows: A sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, How He Found the Lost Turq --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/48/) [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/) / 48 # Folk tales from Tibet, How He Found the Lost Turquoise., sentence 48 As soon as they were all seated in rows ready to see what was going to happen, the Boy, holding the pig’s head under his arm, presented himself before them all, and addressed them as follows: **What happens:** seat, see, go, happen, hold, present · **To what, where:** neighbours, rows, Boy, head, arm · **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: 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:pg75000:23:48 # text = As soon as they were all seated in rows ready to see what was going to happen, the Boy, holding the pig’s head under his arm, presented himself before them all, and addressed them as follows: 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 rows row NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 10 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 ccomp _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 holding hold VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’s 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 27 under under ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 32 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 obj _ _ 33 before before ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 35 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 34 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 addressed address VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seat** | past · passive | | neighbours *= neighbour* | | rows | | all, ready *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in row=Location | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **go** | past · progressive | | | | | | what *nsubj* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **happen** | to-infinitive | | the Boy | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hold** | gerund | | the pig's head | | Boy's arm | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent head=Theme under arm=Location | | 6 | **present** | past | | Boy | | | before neighbours *= neighbour* | soon *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 7 | **address** | past | | neighbours *= neighbour* | | | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination | | 8 | **follow** | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/49/) - ↑ back to [How He Found the Lost Turquoise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/)