--- title: Soon after this the rich Neighbour, having observed the change which… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Soon after this the rich Neighbour, having observed the change which had taken place in the poor man’s circumstances, came over one day in order to try and find out how Cham-ba had become so rich and prosperous. Who acts: rich Neighbour, Cham ba. 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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 (rich Neighbour, Cham ba), 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:pg75000:5:18 # text = Soon after this the rich Neighbour, having observed the change which had taken place in the poor man’s circumstances, came over one day in order to try and find out how Cham-ba had become so rich and prosperous. 1 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 1 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 Neighbour Neighbour PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 aux _ _ 9 observed observe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 circumstances circumstance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 23 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 24 over over ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 33 out out ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 35 Cham Cham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ba ba NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 prosperous prosperous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **observe** | gerund · perfect | the rich Neighbour *not said here* | the change | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent change=Topic | | 2 | **take** | past · perfect · passive | | the change | | | | place *obj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme place=Destination | | 3 | **come over** | past | the rich Neighbour | | | order | day | soon *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in order=Location | | 4 | **try** | to-infinitive | the rich Neighbour *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **find out** | infinitive | the rich Neighbour *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **become** | past · perfect | Cham ba | | | | | rich *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/19/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Two Neighbours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/)