--- title: The poor Musk Deer was much cast down on hearing these words, and sh… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The poor Musk Deer was much cast down on hearing these words, and she and the Tiger moved on together till, a little farther along the road, they caught sight of a Cow Buffalo and her Calf grazing quietly in a field of succulent grass. Who acts: Musk, words. 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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 (Musk, words), 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:pg75000:4:47 # text = The poor Musk Deer was much cast down on hearing these words, and she and the Tiger moved on together till, a little farther along the road, they caught sight of a Cow Buffalo and her Calf grazing quietly in a field of succulent grass. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Musk musk NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 Deer Deer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 much much ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 down down ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 on on SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 11 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Tiger Tiger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 19 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 together together ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 till till NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 obl _ _ 26 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 19 advmod _ _ 27 along along ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 33 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 Cow Cow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 Buffalo Buffalo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 Calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 grazing grazing NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 42 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 succulent succulent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cast down** | past · passive | | the poor Musk | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **hear** | gerund | | this words | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 3 | **move** | past | Musk | | | till | | far *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on till=Trajectory | | 4 | **catch** | past | words *= word* | sight of a Cow Buffalo | | a field of succulent grass | | Musk's Calf grazing *conj*; quietly *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 5 | **sight** | | | a Cow Buffalo | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **graze** | | Musk | | | | | | nom grazing «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/48/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Good Faith.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/)