--- title: Having ridden for some distance he reached the top of a hill, whence… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Having ridden for some distance he reached the top of a hill, whence he could obtain a clear view of the enemy’s camp, and as he was sitting on his horse watching the scene below a trumpet suddenly sounded. Who acts: Boy, trumpet. 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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, trumpet), 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:pg75000:25:6 # text = Having ridden for some distance he reached the top of a hill, whence he could obtain a clear view of the enemy’s camp, and as he was sitting on his horse watching the scene below a trumpet suddenly sounded. 1 Having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 csubj _ _ 2 ridden ride VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 xcomp _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’s 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 scene scene NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 below below ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 trumpet trumpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 sounded sound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ride** | participle | | | | | | for some distance | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **reach** | past | Boy | the top of a hill | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent top=Theme | | 4 | **obtain** | could | Boy | a clear view of the enemy's camp | | | | whence *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent view=Theme | | 5 | **sit** | past · progressive | Boy | | | | | on Boy's horse | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on horse=Location | | 6 | **watch** | gerund | Boy *not said here* | the scene | | a trumpet | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scene=Theme | | 7 | **sound** | past | a trumpet *not said here* | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **view** | | | the enemy's camp | | | | | nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/25/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/25/7/) - ↑ back to [How He Defeated the Enemy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/25/)