--- title: It will appear to them to be a green field, wet with the spring rain… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: It will appear to them to be a green field, wet with the spring rains, and they will imagine it is time to come out; and then, if they still display any reluctance to emerge, it is only necessary to beat a drum to simulate thunder. Who acts: It, Ravens, Spider. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, Ravens, Spider), 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:pg75000:24:15 # text = It will appear to them to be a green field, wet with the spring rains, and they will imagine it is time to come out; and then, if they still display any reluctance to emerge, it is only necessary to beat a drum to simulate thunder. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 rains rain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 ccomp _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl _ _ 27 out out ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 still still ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 display display VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 36 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 37 det _ _ 37 reluctance reluctance NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 emerge emerge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 expl _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 only only ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 beat beat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 csubj _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 simulate simulate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 advcl _ _ 51 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | future | It | | Ravens *= raven* | | then | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a green field | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **imagine** | future | Ravens *= raven* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **is a** | present | Spider | time | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **come out** | to-infinitive | Ravens *= raven* *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **display** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Ravens *= raven* | any reluctance | | | still | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reluctance=Theme | | 7 | **emerge** | to-infinitive | Ravens *= raven* *not said here* | any reluctance *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** | present | Ravens *= raven* *not said here* | | | | | necessary *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **beat** | to-infinitive | | a drum | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location drum=Theme | | 10 | **simulate** | to-infinitive | | thunder | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thunder=Patient | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/24/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/24/16/) - ↑ back to [How He Dislodged the Spider.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/24/)