--- title: The door was bolted outside, and he was unable to come out, and was… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The door was bolted outside, and he was unable to come out, and was in danger of starving to death, so he called out to me, asking me to release him, promising me, if I did so, that he would spare my life. Who acts: Tiger, danger, I. 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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, danger, I), 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:pg75000:4:78 # text = The door was bolted outside, and he was unable to come out, and was in danger of starving to death, so he called out to me, asking me to release him, promising me, if I did so, that he would spare my life. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 bolted bolt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 outside outside ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 out out ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 19 of of SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 starving starve VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 acl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 release release VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 promising promise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 43 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 spare spare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 parataxis _ _ 49 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bolt** | past · passive | | the door | | | | outside *property* | vn gobble-39.3-1 «NP V NP up»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | Tiger | | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **come out** | to-infinitive | Tiger *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | danger | | | tree rules | | 5 | **starve** | gerund | danger *not said here* | | | | | to death | tree rules | | 6 | **call out** *speech: assert* | past | Tiger | | me | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to i=Recipient | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | Tiger *not said here* | | me | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **release** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Tiger *not said here* | Tiger | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer he=Source | | 9 | **promise** *speech: promise* | gerund | Tiger *not said here* | | me | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 10 | **do** | past | I | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **spare** | would | Tiger | my life | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Asset | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/79/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Good Faith.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/4/)