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title: He now bent his steps towards his Mother’s house, and as he was goin… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: He now bent his steps towards his Mother’s house, and as he was going along the road to his home he suddenly came face to face with the old Beggar who had previously insulted him, and whom he had had beaten and turned out when he was looking for the turquoise. Who acts: Boy. A sentence of «Folk tale
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# Folk tales from Tibet, How He Dislodged the Spider., sentence 39

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He now bent his steps towards his Mother’s house, and as he was going along the road to his home he suddenly came face to face with the old Beggar who had previously insulted him, and whom he had had beaten and turned out when he was looking for the turquoise.

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**Who acts:** Boy · **What happens:** bend, go, come, insult, have, beat · **To what, where:** steps, road, old Beggar

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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 (Boy), 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:pg75000:24:39
# text = He now bent his steps towards his Mother’s house, and as he was going along the road to his home he suddenly came face to face with the old Beggar who had previously insulted him, and whom he had had beaten and turned out when he was looking for the turquoise.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
3	bent	bend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	Mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	’s	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
13	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	25	advcl	_	_
17	along	along	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
24	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
26	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
29	with	with	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	Beggar	Beggar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
33	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	36	nsubj:pass	_	_
34	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
35	previously	previously	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
36	insulted	insult	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	acl:relcl	_	_
37	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
40	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	25	obl	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
42	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
43	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	40	acl:relcl	_	_
44	beaten	beat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	xcomp	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	43	conj	_	_
47	out	out	ADP	RP	_	46	compound:prt	_	_
48	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	51	mark	_	_
49	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
50	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
51	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	46	advcl	_	_
52	for	for	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	turquoise	turquoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bend** | past | Boy | Boy's steps |  |  | now | towards Boy's Mother's house | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent step=Material |
| 2 | **go** | past · progressive | Boy |  |  | the road |  | to Boy's home | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme along road=Initial\_Location to home=Destination |
| 3 | **come** | past | Boy |  |  |  |  | with the old Beggar; face to face *nsubj*; whom *obl*; suddenly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **insult** | past · perfect · passive |  | the old Beggar |  |  |  | Boy *obj*; previously *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer he=Result |
| 5 | **have** | past · perfect | Boy |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **beat** | participle | Boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **turn out** | participle | Boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **look** | past · progressive | Boy |  |  |  |  | for the turquoise | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for turquoise=Theme |
| 9 | **step** |  | Boy |  |  |  |  |  | nom step «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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