--- title: “Up every rocky cliff some path exists, If one can find a guide to s… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “Up every rocky cliff some path exists, If one can find a guide to show the way; So to your heart some avenue must lead, Teach me, forthwith, that path of love, I pray.” Who acts: path, one, guide, avenue. 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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 (path, one, guide, avenue), 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:pg75000:26:6 # text = “Up every rocky cliff some path exists, If one can find a guide to show the way; So to your heart some avenue must lead, Teach me, forthwith, that path of love, I pray.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Up up ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 4 rocky rocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 exists exist VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 If if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 guide guide NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 21 So so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 25 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 26 det _ _ 26 avenue avenue NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 Teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 forthwith forthwith ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exist** *in a quote* | present | some path | every rocky cliff *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | one | a guide | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent guide=Attribute clause=Theme | | 3 | **show** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a guide *not said here* | the way | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent way=Recipient | | 4 | **lead** *in a quote* | must | some avenue | | | | | to your heart; that path of love *conj* | tree rules | | 5 | **teach** *speech: other* *in a quote* | infinitive | some avenue *not said here* | | a man *= man* | | | forthwith *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 6 | **pray** *in a quote* | present | a man *= man* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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/pg75000/26/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/26/7/) - ↑ back to [Some Verses From Tibetan Love-songs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/26/)