--- title: So when he had reached the age of fifteen she waited till the fiftee… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: So when he had reached the age of fifteen she waited till the fifteenth day of the sixth month, which is a very auspicious date, and calling the Boy to her, she presented him with a new suit of clothes, a horse, a dog, a gun and a sword; and she told him that he was now at liberty to leave his home --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/5/) [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/) / 5 # Folk tales from Tibet, How He Found the Lost Turquoise., sentence 5 So when he had reached the age of fifteen she waited till the fifteenth day of the sixth month, which is a very auspicious date, and calling the Boy to her, she presented him with a new suit of clothes, a horse, a dog, a gun and a sword; and she told him that he was now at liberty to leave his home and to go out into the world to seek his fortune. **Who acts:** Boy, age, sixth month, Mother · **What happens:** reach, wait, be, call, present, tell · **To what, where:** auspicious date, Boy, Mother, liberty, home, world · **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 (Boy, age, sixth month, Mother), 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:pg75000:23:5 # text = So when he had reached the age of fifteen she waited till the fifteenth day of the sixth month, which is a very auspicious date, and calling the Boy to her, she presented him with a new suit of clothes, a horse, a dog, a gun and a sword; and she told him that he was now at liberty to leave his home and to go out into the world to seek his fortune. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nmod _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 till till ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 fifteenth fifteenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 sixth sixth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 very very ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 auspicious auspicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 suit suit NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 60 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 iobj _ _ 61 that that SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 62 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 63 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 cop _ _ 64 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 66 advmod _ _ 65 at at ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 ccomp _ _ 67 to to PART TO _ 68 mark _ _ 68 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 acl _ _ 69 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 72 to to PART TO _ 73 mark _ _ 73 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 conj _ _ 74 out out ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 75 into into ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obl _ _ 78 to to PART TO _ 79 mark _ _ 79 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 73 advcl _ _ 80 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 81 nmod:poss _ _ 81 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past · perfect | Boy | | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **wait** | past | the age of fifteen | | | | day | Mother *nsubj* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | present | the sixth month and a auspicious date | a auspicious date | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **call** | gerund | the age of fifteen *not said here* | the Boy | Mother | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent boy=Topic to she=Recipient | | 5 | **present** | past | Mother | | Boy | | | with a new suit of clothes and a horse and a dog and a gun and a sword | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with suit=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Mother | | Boy | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 7 | **is** | past | Boy | | | liberty | now | | tree rules | | 8 | **leave** | to-infinitive | Mother *not said here* | Boy's home | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme | | 9 | **go out** | to-infinitive | Mother *not said here* | | | the world | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **seek** | to-infinitive | Mother *not said here* | Boy's fortune | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/6/) - ↑ back to [How He Found the Lost Turquoise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/)