--- title: The Lady of the house was now completely cured and overwhelmed the B… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The Lady of the house was now completely cured and overwhelmed the Boy with gifts and compliments, and he left the house carrying with him a large sum of gold, in addition to that which he had received the day before. Who acts: Boy, house. 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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 (Boy, house), 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:pg75000:24:38 # text = The Lady of the house was now completely cured and overwhelmed the Boy with gifts and compliments, and he left the house carrying with him a large sum of gold, in addition to that which he had received the day before. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Lady Lady PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 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 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 8 completely completely ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 cured cure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 overwhelmed overwhelm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 compliments compliment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 addition addition NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 nmod _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl:unmarked _ _ 43 before before ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cure** | past · passive | | the Lady of the house | | | now | completely *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source | | 2 | **overwhelm** | participle | | the Boy | | | | with gifts and compliments | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus boy=Experiencer | | 3 | **leave** | past | Boy | the house | | addition to that | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent house=Theme in addition=Location | | 4 | **carry** | gerund | the house *not said here* | a large sum of gold | | | | with Boy | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Theme | | 5 | **receive** | past · perfect · passive | | addition to that | | | day | Boy *nsubj*; before *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **sum** | | | gold | | | | | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/24/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/24/39/) - ↑ back to [How He Dislodged the Spider.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/24/)