--- title: Cham-ba, who was of a very unsuspicious nature, related to him the w… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Cham-ba, who was of a very unsuspicious nature, related to him the whole story of the Sparrow, the grain, and the jewels, and having learnt the secret the rich man returned to his own house, pondering deeply how he could turn this story to his own advantage. Who acts: Cham ba, rich man, change. 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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 (Cham ba, rich man, change), 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:pg75000:5:20 # text = Cham-ba, who was of a very unsuspicious nature, related to him the whole story of the Sparrow, the grain, and the jewels, and having learnt the secret the rich man returned to his own house, pondering deeply how he could turn this story to his own advantage. 1 Cham cham NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ba ba NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 unsuspicious unsuspicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 related related ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Sparrow Sparrow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 aux _ _ 32 learnt learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 pondering ponder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 45 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 49 advmod _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 50 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 det _ _ 51 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 54 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Cham ba and the jewels | | | | | of a unsuspicious nature | tree rules | | 2 | **learn** | gerund · perfect | | the secret | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Topic | | 3 | **return** | past | the rich man | the secret *not said here* | | change's own house | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent secret=Theme to house=Destination | | 4 | **ponder** | gerund | | | | | | deeply *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **turn** | could | change | this story | | change's own advantage | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent story=Theme to advantage=Trajectory | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/21/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Two Neighbours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/)