--- title: “Good-morning, Brother Hare,” called out the Musk Deer; “could you s… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “Good-morning, Brother Hare,” called out the Musk Deer; “could you spare us a few moments to give us an opinion upon a point of difference which has arisen between this Tiger and myself?” Who acts: Musk Deer, you. 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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 Deer, you), 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:pg75000:4:74 # text = “Good-morning, Brother Hare,” called out the Musk Deer; “could you spare us a few moments to give us an opinion upon a point of difference which has arisen between this Tiger and myself?” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Brother Brother PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 7 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 10 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 Musk Musk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 Deer Deer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 spare spare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 20 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 moments moment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 26 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 upon upon ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 arisen arise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl:relcl _ _ 37 between between ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 Tiger Tiger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call out** *speech: ask* | participle | the Musk Deer | | | | morning | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **spare** *in a quote* | could | you | us | | | moment | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent we=Asset | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a opinion | us | | | upon a point of difference | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient opinion=Theme | | 4 | **arise** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | a point of difference | | | | between this Tiger myself | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **point** *in a quote* | | | difference | | | | | nom point «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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/75/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Good Faith.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/)