--- title: “Well, this is not a very valuable present, but still it shows how g… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “Well, this is not a very valuable present, but still it shows how grateful even a little bird can be for a kindness done to him; and any way I will plant the grain in my garden as it directed.” Who acts: this, present, valuable present, way. 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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 (this, present, valuable present, way), 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:pg75000:5:14 # text = “Well, this is not a very valuable present, but still it shows how grateful even a little bird can be for a kindness done to him; and any way I will plant the grain in my garden as it directed.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 valuable valuable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 still still ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 17 grateful grateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 18 even even ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 27 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 33 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 plant plant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 parataxis _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 directed direct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | a valuable present | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **show** *in a quote* | present | present | | | | still | grateful *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | can | a valuable present | | | | | for a kindness | tree rules | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | participle | | a kindness *not said here* | pair | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **plant** *in a quote* | future | any way | the grain | | my garden | | I *nsubj* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent grain=Theme in garden=Destination | | 6 | **direct** *in a quote* | past | grain | | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/15/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Two Neighbours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/)