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title: When the King heard what had happened, he sent for the Boy and thank… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: When the King heard what had happened, he sent for the Boy and thanked him very heartily for his services; and as a reward for what he had done, he raised him to the highest rank, and presented him with lands and gold, and the young Man and his Mother lived happily ever afterwards. Who acts: King, B
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# Folk tales from Tibet, How He Defeated the Enemy., sentence 18

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When the King heard what had happened, he sent for the Boy and thanked him very heartily for his services; and as a reward for what he had done, he raised him to the highest rank, and presented him with lands and gold, and the young Man and his Mother lived happily ever afterwards.

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**Who acts:** King, Boy, young Man · **What happens:** hear, happen, send, thank, do, raise · **To what, where:** Boy, King, highest rank · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (King, Boy, young Man), 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:pg75000:25:18
# text = When the King heard what had happened, he sent for the Boy and thanked him very heartily for his services; and as a reward for what he had done, he raised him to the highest rank, and presented him with lands and gold, and the young Man and his Mother lived happily ever afterwards.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	thanked	thank	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	very	very	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	heartily	heartily	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
24	as	as	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
27	for	for	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	26	nmod	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
30	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
31	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	28	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
33	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	raised	raise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
35	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obj	_	_
36	to	to	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	39	amod	_	_
39	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	presented	present	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	conj	_	_
43	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	obj	_	_
44	with	with	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obl	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
51	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	Man	Man	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	56	nsubj	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
54	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	Mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	conj	_	_
56	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	conj	_	_
57	happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	56	advmod	_	_
58	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	59	advmod	_	_
59	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	56	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | the King |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **happen** | past · perfect |  |  |  |  |  | what *nsubj* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **send** | past | King |  |  |  |  | for the Boy | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | King *not said here* |  | Boy |  |  | for Boy's services; heartily *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for service=Attribute |
| 5 | **do** | past · perfect | Boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **raise** | past | Boy | King |  | the highest rank |  | as a reward | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to rank=Destination |
| 7 | **present** | past | Boy *not said here* |  | Boy |  |  | with lands and gold | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with land=Theme |
| 8 | **live** | past | the young Man and Boy's Mother |  |  |  | ever | afterwards, happily *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **service** |  | Boy |  |  |  |  |  | nom service «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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