--- title: The people of the house were greatly astonished at seeing the Spider… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The people of the house were greatly astonished at seeing the Spider emerge, but the Boy ordered them not to touch her; and having satisfied herself that there was really water on the cloth, she climbed again up her thread, and went back into the Lady’s ear to impart the good news to her family. 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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 (Spider, Boy, water, piece), 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:pg75000:24:35 # text = The people of the house were greatly astonished at seeing the Spider emerge, but the Boy ordered them not to touch her; and having satisfied herself that there was really water on the cloth, she climbed again up her thread, and went back into the Lady’s ear to impart the good news to her family. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 astonished astonish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 at at SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Spider Spider PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 emerge emerge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 reparandum _ _ 27 satisfied satisfy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 28 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obj _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 31 expl _ _ 31 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 32 really really ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 40 again again ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 up up ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 47 back back ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 into into ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 Lady Lady PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’s 's PART POS _ 50 case _ _ 52 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 impart impart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 advcl _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 58 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **astonish** | past · passive | | the people of the house | | | | greatly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **see** | gerund | | the Spider | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **emerge** | infinitive | the Spider *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **order** | past | the Boy | | people | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **touch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Boy *not said here* | piece | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Co-Theme | | 6 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **satisfy** | past | | piece | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus herself=Experiencer | | 8 | **be** | past | water | | | the cloth; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on cloth=Location | | 9 | **climb** | past | piece | | | piece's thread | again | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up thread=Trajectory | | 10 | **go back** | past | piece *not said here* | | | the Lady's ear | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 11 | **impart** | to-infinitive | piece *not said here* | the good news | | | | to piece's family | tree rules | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/24/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/24/36/) - ↑ back to [How He Dislodged the Spider.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/24/)