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# Folk tales from Tibet, How He Defeated the Enemy., sentence 17

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So running on either side of him, they seized the bridle and soon brought the animal to a standstill, when the Boy formally accepted their surrender, and dictated to them terms of peace; and they on their part were only too thankful to have escaped from such a danger, and gladly consented to withdraw at once to their own country.

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**Who acts:** soldiers, Boy · **What happens:** run, seize, bring, accept, dictate, be · **To what, where:** side, bridle, animal, standstill, surrender, terms

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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 (soldiers, Boy), 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:pg75000:25:17
# text = So running on either side of him, they seized the bridle and soon brought the animal to a standstill, when the Boy formally accepted their surrender, and dictated to them terms of peace; and they on their part were only too thankful to have escaped from such a danger, and gladly consented to withdraw at once to their own country.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
2	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	either	either	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	seized	seize	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bridle	bridle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	_
15	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	standstill	standstill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
22	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	26	advmod	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
25	formally	formally	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	accepted	accept	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
27	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	surrender	surrender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	dictated	dictate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	conj	_	_
32	to	to	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	obl	_	_
34	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obj	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
39	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
40	on	on	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
43	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	cop	_	_
44	only	only	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
45	too	too	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
46	thankful	thankful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	49	mark	_	_
48	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	aux	_	_
49	escaped	escape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	46	advcl	_	_
50	from	from	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
51	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	53	det:predet	_	_
52	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
56	gladly	gladly	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	_
57	consented	consent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	_
58	to	to	PART	TO	_	59	mark	_	_
59	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	57	xcomp	_	_
60	at	at	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	59	obl	_	_
62	to	to	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
63	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	65	nmod:poss	_	_
64	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
65	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund | soldiers *= soldier* *not said here* |  |  | either side of Boy |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Trajectory |
| 2 | **seize** | past | soldiers *= soldier* | the bridle |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridle=Theme |
| 3 | **bring** | past | soldiers *= soldier* *not said here* | the animal |  | a standstill |  | soon *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent animal=Theme to standstill=Destination |
| 4 | **accept** | past | the Boy | soldiers's surrender |  |  |  | formally *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surrender=Theme |
| 5 | **dictate** *speech: other* | participle | the Boy *not said here* | terms of peace | soldiers *= soldier* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent term=Topic to they=Recipient |
| 6 | **is** | past | soldiers *= soldier* |  |  |  |  | thankful *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **escape** | to-infinitive · perfect | soldiers *= soldier* *not said here* |  |  | such danger |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from danger=Initial\_Location |
| 8 | **consent** | participle | soldiers *= soldier* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | gladly *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 9 | **withdraw** | to-infinitive | soldiers *= soldier* *not said here* |  |  | soldiers's own country |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to country=Initial\_Location |
| 10 | **surrender** |  | soldiers *= soldier* |  |  |  |  |  | nom surrender «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
| 11 | **term** |  |  | peace |  |  |  |  | nom term «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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