--- title: These shouts were taken by the soldiers to be threats of vengeance a… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: These shouts were taken by the soldiers to be threats of vengeance against themselves, [11] and, finally, the General and all the principal officers, coming out in a body with scarfs, begged him to make peace and to allow them to go away quietly. Who acts: soldiers, principal officers. 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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 (soldiers, principal officers), 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:pg75000:25:15 # text = These shouts were taken by the soldiers to be threats of vengeance against themselves, [11] and, finally, the General and all the principal officers, coming out in a body with scarfs, begged him to make peace and to allow them to go away quietly. 1 These this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 shouts shout VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 10 threats threat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 vengeance vengeance NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 against against ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 11 11 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 17 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 finally finally ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 General general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ _ 32 out out ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 scarfs scarf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 43 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 iobj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 50 away away ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present · passive | the soldiers | These | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | threats | | | | of vengeance against soldiers; 11 *appos* | tree rules | | 3 | **come out** | gerund | all principal officers | | | a body | | with scarfs; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the soldiers *not said here* | | Boy | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the soldiers *not said here* | peace | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset peace=Product | | 6 | **allow** | to-infinitive | the soldiers *not said here* | | soldiers *= soldier* | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer they=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **go away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the soldiers *not said here* | | | | | away, quietly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/25/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/25/16/) - ↑ back to [How He Defeated the Enemy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/25/)