--- title: The rich man, whose name was Tse-ring, was proud, arrogant, and stin… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The rich man, whose name was Tse-ring, was proud, arrogant, and stingy; whilst the poor man, whose name was Cham-ba, was a kind-hearted man, who was generous to all as far as his means allowed. Who acts: rich man, poor man, 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 man, poor man, 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:pg75000:5:3 # text = The rich man, whose name was Tse-ring, was proud, arrogant, and stingy; whilst the poor man, whose name was Cham-ba, was a kind-hearted man, who was generous to all as far as his means allowed. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 Tse Tse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 arrogant arrogant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 stingy stingy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 Cham Cham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ba ba NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 34 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 hearted hearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 generous generous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 41 obl _ _ 44 as as ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 48 advmod _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 49 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the rich man and the rich man and the rich man's name and Tse ring's name and Tse ring *not said here* | Tse ring | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the rich man and the rich man and the rich man's name and Tse ring's name and Tse ring | | | | | proud *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | the rich man and the rich man and the rich man's name and Tse ring's name and Tse ring *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | the rich man and the rich man and the rich man's name and Tse ring's name and Tse ring *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | past | the poor man and the poor man and the poor man's name's name | Cham ba and a hearted man | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | past | the poor man and the poor man and the poor man's name's name *not said here* | a hearted man | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | Cham ba and a hearted man | | | | | to all; generous *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **mean** | present | Cham ba and a hearted man *not said here* | | | | | his *= he* *nmod:poss*; far *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **allow** *not said to happen* | participle | Cham ba and a hearted man *not said here* | | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | | 10 | **name** | | the rich man and the rich man and name and Tse ring's name and Tse ring | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **name** | | the poor man and the poor man and name's name | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/4/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Two Neighbours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/)