--- title: I have ascertained that the pain in her ear is due to the fact that… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: I have ascertained that the pain in her ear is due to the fact that some days ago a large Spider effected an entrance during her sleep, and that the Spider and her young ones have now taken up their abode inside the Lady’s head. Who acts: I, pain, days, Spider. 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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 (I, pain, days, Spider), 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:pg75000:24:9 # text = I have ascertained that the pain in her ear is due to the fact that some days ago a large Spider effected an entrance during her sleep, and that the Spider and her young ones have now taken up their abode inside the Lady’s head. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 ascertained ascertain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 11 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 14 case _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 11 fixed _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:agent _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 16 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 17 det _ _ 17 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 18 ago ago ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 Spider Spider PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 22 effected affect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 during during ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Spider Spider PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 39 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 abode abode NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 inside inside ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Lady Lady PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’s 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | the pain in mistress's ear | | | | | due the fact | tree rules | | 3 | **affect** | past | some days | a entrance | | | during mistress's sleep | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus entrance=Experiencer | | 4 | **take up** | present · perfect | the Spider and mistress's young ones | Ravens's abode | | the Lady's head | now | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent abode=Theme | | 5 | **sleep** | | mistress | | | | | | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/24/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/24/10/) - ↑ back to [How He Dislodged the Spider.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/24/)