--- title: “This is really too bad,” replied the Deer; “after promising faithfu… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “This is really too bad,” replied the Deer; “after promising faithfully that you would not eat me, and after the benefit which I have conferred upon you, you should certainly keep faith with me.” Who acts: This, Deer, you. 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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 (This, Deer, you), 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:pg75000:4:14 # text = “This is really too bad,” replied the Deer; “after promising faithfully that you would not eat me, and after the benefit which I have conferred upon you, you should certainly keep faith with me.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Deer Deer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 after after SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 promising promise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 16 faithfully faithfully ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 25 after after ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 benefit benefit NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 conferred confer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ _ 32 upon upon ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 39 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | This | | | | | bad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the Deer | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | faithfully *property* | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **eat** *in a quote* | would | you | Tiger | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 5 | **confer** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the benefit | | | | upon you; I *nsubj* | tree rules | | 6 | **keep** *in a quote* | should | you | faith | | | after the benefit | with Tiger; certainly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/15/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Good Faith.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/)