--- title: Two or three days passed away and the Tiger was in a sorry state, wh… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Two or three days passed away and the Tiger was in a sorry state, when, as he was peering through a chink in the logs he saw a little Musk Deer, which had come down to drink at the stream which was close by. Who acts: Tiger, little Musk, stream. 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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 (Tiger, little Musk, stream), 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:pg75000:4:2 # text = Two or three days passed away and the Tiger was in a sorry state, when, as he was peering through a chink in the logs he saw a little Musk Deer, which had come down to drink at the stream which was close by. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 2 or or CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 4 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Tiger Tiger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 peering peer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 acl _ _ 22 through through ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 chink chink NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 logs log NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 Musk musk NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 Deer Deer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 conj _ _ 38 down down ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 46 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 by by ADP IN _ 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass away** | participle | | Two days and a sorry state *not said here* | | | | away *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | the Tiger | | | a sorry state | | | tree rules | | 3 | **peer** | past · progressive | Tiger | | | | | in the logs; through a chink | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through chink=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | Tiger | a little Musk | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer musk=Stimulus | | 5 | **come down** | past · perfect | a little Musk | | | | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **drink** | to-infinitive | a little Musk *not said here* | | | the stream | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | the stream | | | | | close *property* | tree rules | 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/pg75000/4/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/3/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Good Faith.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/)