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title: The moment they come out on the table they must be wrapped up in the… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: The moment they come out on the table they must be wrapped up in the cloth with the greatest expedition and carried away and killed, for if this is not done, they will always be ready at the slightest alarm to climb back into the ear by the threads which they have left suspended behind them.” Who ac
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# Folk tales from Tibet, How He Dislodged the Spider., sentence 17

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The moment they come out on the table they must be wrapped up in the cloth with the greatest expedition and carried away and killed, for if this is not done, they will always be ready at the slightest alarm to climb back into the ear by the threads which they have left suspended behind them.”

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**Who acts:** Thunderstorms, threads · **What happens:** come out, wrap up, carry away, kill, not do, be · **To what, where:** Thunderstorms, table, this, slightest alarm, ear, threads

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This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, How He Dislodged the Spider.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Thunderstorms, threads), 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:pg75000:24:17
# text = The moment they come out on the table they must be wrapped up in the cloth with the greatest expedition and carried away and killed, for if this is not done, they will always be ready at the slightest alarm to climb back into the ear by the threads which they have left suspended behind them.”
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	20	amod	_	_
20	expedition	expedition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
23	away	away	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
27	for	for	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
28	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
29	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	32	nsubj:pass	_	_
30	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux:pass	_	_
31	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	32	advmod	_	_
32	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
34	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
35	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
36	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	38	advmod	_	_
37	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	cop	_	_
38	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	conj	_	_
39	at	at	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	slightest	slight	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	42	amod	_	_
42	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
43	to	to	PART	TO	_	44	mark	_	_
44	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	advcl	_	_
45	back	back	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
46	into	into	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
49	by	by	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	threads	thread	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	_
52	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	55	nsubj:pass	_	_
53	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	_	_
54	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	55	aux	_	_
55	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	51	acl:relcl	_	_
56	suspended	suspend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	55	xcomp	_	_
57	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come out** | present | Thunderstorms *= thunderstorm* |  |  |  | moment | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **wrap up** | must · passive |  | Thunderstorms *= thunderstorm* |  | the table |  | in the cloth with the greatest expedition | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on table=Destination |
| 3 | **carry away** | past |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **kill** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **not** **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive |  | this |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 6 | **is** | future | Thunderstorms *= thunderstorm* |  |  | the slightest alarm |  | always, ready *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **climb back** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the ear |  | by the threads | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into ear=Destination |
| 8 | **leave** | present · perfect · passive |  | the threads |  |  |  | Thunderstorms *= thunderstorm* *nsubj* | tree rules |
| 9 | **suspend** | participle | the threads *not said here* |  |  |  |  | behind Thunderstorms *= thunderstorm* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind they=Location |

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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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