--- title: The Boy, who heard what they said, was quite willing to agree, but w… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The Boy, who heard what they said, was quite willing to agree, but was totally unable to control his horse, so he shouted to them that he accepted their submission on condition that they were able to stop his horse. Who acts: Boy, soldiers. 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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, soldiers), 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:pg75000:25:16 # text = The Boy, who heard what they said, was quite willing to agree, but was totally unable to control his horse, so he shouted to them that he accepted their submission on condition that they were able to stop his horse. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 quite quite ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 agree agree VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 totally totally ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 control control VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 accepted accept VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 submission submission NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 acl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the Boy | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | soldiers *= soldier* | | | | | what *obj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 3 | **is** | past | the Boy | | | | | willing *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **agree** *speech: agree* | to-infinitive | the Boy *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | the Boy *not said here* | | | | | totally, unable *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **control** | to-infinitive | the Boy *not said here* | Boy's horse | | | | | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 7 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | Boy | | soldiers *= soldier* | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient | | 8 | **accept** | past | Boy | soldiers's submission | | condition | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent submission=Theme | | 9 | **is** | past | soldiers *= soldier* | condition *not said here* | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **stop** | to-infinitive | soldiers *= soldier* *not said here* | Boy's horse | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality horse=Eventuality | | 11 | **submit** | | soldiers *= soldier* | | | | | | nom submission «communication 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: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/25/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/25/17/) - ↑ back to [How He Defeated the Enemy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/25/)