--- title: So early next morning, when he mounted his horse with the intention… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: So early next morning, when he mounted his horse with the intention of riding out and reconnoitring the enemy’s camp, in order to see what could be done, he made his servant tie his feet together with a rope under the horse’s belly, so that he should not fall off if it ran away or played any pranks --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/25/5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Folk tales from Tibet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/) / [How He Defeated the Enemy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/25/) / 5 # Folk tales from Tibet, How He Defeated the Enemy., sentence 5 So early next morning, when he mounted his horse with the intention of riding out and reconnoitring the enemy’s camp, in order to see what could be done, he made his servant tie his feet together with a rope under the horse’s belly, so that he should not fall off if it ran away or played any pranks with him. **Who acts:** Boy, intention, servant · **What happens:** mount, ride out, reconnoitre, see, do, make · **To what, where:** horse, camp, belly, feet, pranks · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Boy, intention, servant), 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:pg75000:25:5 # text = So early next morning, when he mounted his horse with the intention of riding out and reconnoitring the enemy’s camp, in order to see what could be done, he made his servant tie his feet together with a rope under the horse’s belly, so that he should not fall off if it ran away or played any pranks with him. 1 So so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 3 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 intention intention NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 of of SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 riding ride VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 reconnoitring reconnoitre VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’s 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 27 mark _ _ 25 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 fixed _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 28 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 31 obj _ _ 29 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 tie tie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 together together ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 44 under under ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’s 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 belly belly NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 50 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 55 mark _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 fixed _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 53 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 55 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 parataxis _ _ 56 off off ADP RP _ 55 compound:prt _ _ 57 if if SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 advcl _ _ 60 away away ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 61 or or CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 conj _ _ 63 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 64 det _ _ 64 pranks prank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 obj _ _ 65 with with ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mount** | past | Boy | Boy's horse | | | morning | with the intention | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent horse=Patient with intention=Instrument | | 2 | **ride out** | gerund | the intention *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **reconnoitre** | gerund | the intention *not said here* | the enemy's camp | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | the intention *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **do** | could · passive | | | | | | what *obj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: what=Eventuality | | 6 | **make** | past | Boy | | | the horse's belly | | | tree rules | | 7 | **tie** | present | Boy's servant | Boy's feet | | | | with a rope; together *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent foot=Patient with rope=Co-Patient | | 8 | **not** **fall off** | should | Boy | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 9 | **run away** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | servant | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **play** | past | servant *not said here* | any pranks | | | | with Boy | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent prank=Theme with he=Co-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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/25/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/25/6/) - ↑ back to [How He Defeated the Enemy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/25/)