--- title: He then went down, picked up the young Sparrow, bound up its leg wit… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: He then went down, picked up the young Sparrow, bound up its leg with a piece of thread, and put it back into its nest, saying as he did so that he hoped it would remember his kindness. Who acts: change, young Sparrow, nest. 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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 (change, young Sparrow, nest), 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:pg75000:5:23 # text = He then went down, picked up the young Sparrow, bound up its leg with a piece of thread, and put it back into its nest, saying as he did so that he hoped it would remember his kindness. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 picked pick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 Sparrow Sparrow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 back back ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 34 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 37 mark _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go down** | past | change | | | | then | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **pick up** | participle | change *not said here* | the young Sparrow | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bind up** | participle | the young Sparrow *not said here* | nest's leg | | | | with a piece of thread | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient with piece=Co-Patient | | 4 | **put back** | infinitive | change *not said here* | nest | | nest's nest | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | change *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **do** | past | change | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **hope** | past | change | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **remember** | would | nest | change's kindness | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent kindness=Theme | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/24/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Two Neighbours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/)