--- title: But no sooner was he free than he seized upon me and said that he wo… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: But no sooner was he free than he seized upon me and said that he would kill and eat me; and when I reproached him with his bad faith, he replied that he did not believe that such a thing as good faith existed. Who acts: Tiger, I, good faith. 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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, I, good faith), 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:pg75000:4:57 # text = But no sooner was he free than he seized upon me and said that he would kill and eat me; and when I reproached him with his bad faith, he replied that he did not believe that such a thing as good faith existed. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 3 det _ _ 3 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 than than SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 reproached reproach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 42 det:predet _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 ccomp _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 existed exist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Tiger | | | | | free, soon *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **seize** | past | Tiger | | | | | upon me | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Tiger *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **kill** | would | Tiger | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **eat** | infinitive | Tiger *not said here* | me | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 6 | **reproach** | past | I | Tiger | | | | with Tiger's bad faith | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Tiger | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **not** **believe** | past · do-support | Tiger | | | | | such thing *ccomp* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **exist** | past | good faith | | | | | | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/58/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Good Faith.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/)