--- title: On his return to his home the home-bred Boy found that he was now fa… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: On his return to his home the home-bred Boy found that he was now famous far and wide for his supposed magical powers, and he was constantly consulted by people of all classes, who wanted his assistance in their various affairs. Who acts: bred Boy, Boy, people, classes. 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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 (bred Boy, Boy, people, classes), 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:pg75000:25:1 # text = On his return to his home the home-bred Boy found that he was now famous far and wide for his supposed magical powers, and he was constantly consulted by people of all classes, who wanted his assistance in their various affairs. 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 bred breed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 17 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 ccomp _ _ 18 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 23 supposed suppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 amod _ _ 24 magical magical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 powers power NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 30 constantly constantly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 consulted consult VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 36 det _ _ 36 classes class NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **breed** | participle | | | | | | home *compound* | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | past | the bred Boy | | | his return to his home | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | Boy | | | | now | famous, far *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | Boy *not said here* | | | | | for Boy's supposed magical powers | tree rules | | 5 | **suppose** | participle | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **consult** | past · passive | people of all classes | Boy | | | | constantly *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 7 | **want** | past | all classes | Boy's assistance | | classes's various affairs | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot assistance=Theme | | 8 | **return** | | his *= he* | | | | | to his home | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl | | 9 | **assist** | | Boy | | | | | | nom assistance «act transitive»: 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: [How He Dislodged the Spider., 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/24/49/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/25/2/) - ↑ back to [How He Defeated the Enemy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/25/)