--- title: Here having recovered his sword and his gun, his clothing and other… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Here having recovered his sword and his gun, his clothing and other possessions, he mounted upon his horse and followed by his dog he returned to his Mother’s house a very much richer Boy than when he had left it. Who acts: Boy. 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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), 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:pg75000:24:49 # text = Here having recovered his sword and his gun, his clothing and other possessions, he mounted upon his horse and followed by his dog he returned to his Mother’s house a very much richer Boy than when he had left it. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 aux _ _ 3 recovered recover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 clothing clothing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 possessions possession NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 upon upon ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl:agent _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 Mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’s 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 34 very very ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 much much ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 richer rich ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 37 amod _ _ 37 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 38 than than SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recover** | gerund · perfect | Boy *not said here* | Boy's sword and Boy's gun and Boy's clothing and other possessions | | here | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 2 | **mount** | past | Boy | | | | | upon Boy's horse | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon horse=Destination | | 3 | **follow** | participle | Boy *not said here* | | | | | Boy's dog *obl:agent* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **return** | past | Boy | a richer Boy | | | | to Boy's Mother's house *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to house=Result | | 5 | **leave** | past · perfect | Boy | sword | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/24/48/) - next →: [How He Defeated the Enemy., 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/25/1/) - ↑ back to [How He Dislodged the Spider.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/24/)