--- title: No sooner was he released than he seized upon me and threatened to k… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: No sooner was he released than he seized upon me and threatened to kill and eat me; and when I reproached him of breaking his faith, he said he did not believe that there was such a thing as good faith in the world. Who acts: case, I, thing. 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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 (case, I, thing), 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:pg75000:4:31 # text = No sooner was he released than he seized upon me and threatened to kill and eat me; and when I reproached him of breaking his faith, he said he did not believe that there was such a thing as good faith in the world. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 released release VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 than than SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 threatened threaten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 reproached reproach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 of of SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 breaking break VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 37 expl _ _ 37 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 38 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 40 det:predet _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **release** | past · passive | | case | | | | soon *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source | | 2 | **seize** | past | case | | | | | upon me | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **threaten** | participle | case *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | case *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **eat** | infinitive | case *not said here* | me | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 6 | **reproach** | past | I | case | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **break** | gerund | I *not said here* | case's faith | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer faith=Patient | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | case | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **not** **believe** | past · do-support | case | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **be** | past | such thing as good faith in the world | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/32/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Good Faith.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/)