--- title: It happened not long afterwards that a war broke out with a neighbou… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: It happened not long afterwards that a war broke out with a neighbouring country, and the King sent for the Boy, and asked him whether he would be able to give any assistance in the campaign against the enemy. Who acts: It, war, King, Boy. 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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 (It, war, King, Boy), 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:pg75000:25:2 # text = It happened not long afterwards that a war broke out with a neighbouring country, and the King sent for the Boy, and asked him whether he would be able to give any assistance in the campaign against the enemy. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 4 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 5 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 neighbouring neighbour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 amod _ _ 14 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 31 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 ccomp _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 35 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 campaign campaign NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 against against ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **happen** | past | It | | | | | afterwards, long *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **break out** | past | a war | | | | | with a neighbouring country | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with country=Instrument | | 3 | **neighbour** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **send** | past | the King | | | | | for the Boy | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the King *not said here* | | Boy | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 6 | **is** | would | Boy | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **give** | to-infinitive | Boy *not said here* | any assistance | | the campaign against the enemy | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assistance=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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/25/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/25/3/) - ↑ back to [How He Defeated the Enemy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/25/)