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title: The enemy’s soldiers had never seen such a terrific-looking object b… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: The enemy’s soldiers had never seen such a terrific-looking object before, and one and all came to the conclusion that he must undoubtedly be a demon that was attacking them, and that he would soon compass their entire destruction. Who acts: one, Boy, demon, soldiers. A sentence of «Folk tales from 
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# Folk tales from Tibet, How He Defeated the Enemy., sentence 12

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The enemy’s soldiers had never seen such a terrific-looking object before, and one and all came to the conclusion that he must undoubtedly be a demon that was attacking them, and that he would soon compass their entire destruction.

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**Who acts:** one, Boy, demon, soldiers · **What happens:** not see, look, come, be, attack, compass · **To what, where:** soldiers, conclusion, demon

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This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, How He Defeated the Enemy.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, Boy, demon, soldiers), 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:pg75000:25:12
# text = The enemy’s soldiers had never seen such a terrific-looking object before, and one and all came to the conclusion that he must undoubtedly be a demon that was attacking them, and that he would soon compass their entire destruction.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	’s	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	13	det:predet	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	terrific	terrific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	amod	_	_
13	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
14	before	before	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
17	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	nsubj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	conj	_	_
20	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
24	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
26	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
27	undoubtedly	undoubtedly	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
28	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	cop	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	demon	demon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	appos	_	_
31	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	33	nsubj	_	_
32	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
33	attacking	attack	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	30	acl:relcl	_	_
34	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
37	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
38	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
39	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
40	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	41	advmod	_	_
41	compass	compass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	parataxis	_	_
42	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
43	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	destruction	destruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | past · perfect · passive |  | the enemy's soldiers |  |  |  | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **come** | past | one |  |  | the conclusion |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to conclusion=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **is a** | must | Boy | a demon |  |  |  | undoubtedly *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **attack** | past · progressive | a demon | soldiers *= soldier* |  |  |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 6 | **compass** | would | Boy |  |  |  |  | soldiers's entire destruction *conj*; soon *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **destroy** |  | soldiers *= soldier* |  |  |  |  |  | nom destruction «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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