--- title: When the Musk Deer heard this she was much downhearted, and fully ex… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: When the Musk Deer heard this she was much downhearted, and fully expected to be killed and eaten without further delay; but she begged the Tiger to give her one more chance, saying that she was fully prepared to abide by the opinion of the third person whom they met. Who acts: Musk, places. 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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, places), 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:pg75000:4:72 # text = When the Musk Deer heard this she was much downhearted, and fully expected to be killed and eaten without further delay; but she begged the Tiger to give her one more chance, saying that she was fully prepared to abide by the opinion of the third person whom they met. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Musk musk NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 Deer Deer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 much much ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 downhearted downhearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 fully fully ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 xcomp _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 20 without without ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 delay delay NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Tiger Tiger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 33 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 amod _ _ 34 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 40 fully fully ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 ccomp _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 abide abide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 50 amod _ _ 50 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 51 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 53 obj _ _ 52 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the Musk | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | Musk | | | | | downhearted *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **expect** | participle | Musk *not said here* | | | | | fully *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | Musk *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 5 | **eat** | participle | Musk *not said here* | | | | | without further delay | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Musk | | the Tiger | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent tiger=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | one more chance | Musk | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient chance=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **prepare** | past · passive | | Musk | | | | fully *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute | | 10 | **abide** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | by the opinion of the third person | tree rules | | 11 | **meet** | past | places *= place* | the third person | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Co-Agent | | 12 | **opine** | | | the third person | | | | | nom opinion «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/73/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Good Faith.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/)