--- title: The seeds sprouted and grew very fast, and one morning, when he went… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The seeds sprouted and grew very fast, and one morning, when he went out as usual to see how his crop was doing, to his astonishment he found that instead of a few stalks of barley, as he had expected, a great fierce-looking man, with a bundle of papers under his arm, was standing in the middle of t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/31/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Folk tales from Tibet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/) / [The Story of the Two Neighbours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/) / 31 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Two Neighbours., sentence 31 The seeds sprouted and grew very fast, and one morning, when he went out as usual to see how his crop was doing, to his astonishment he found that instead of a few stalks of barley, as he had expected, a great fierce-looking man, with a bundle of papers under his arm, was standing in the middle of the bed. **Who acts:** seeds, change, crop, few stalks · **What happens:** sprout, grow, go out, see, do, find · **To what, where:** change, middle · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Two Neighbours.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (seeds, change, crop, few stalks), 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:pg75000:5:31 # text = The seeds sprouted and grew very fast, and one morning, when he went out as usual to see how his crop was doing, to his astonishment he found that instead of a few stalks of barley, as he had expected, a great fierce-looking man, with a bundle of papers under his arm, was standing in the middle of the bed. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 seeds seed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sprouted sprout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 as as ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 obl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 21 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 crop crop NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 33 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 37 case _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 33 fixed _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 stalks stalk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 47 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 48 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 51 amod _ _ 51 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 with with ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 appos _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 papers paper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nmod _ _ 58 under under ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 62 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 64 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sprout** | past | the seeds | | | | morning | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 2 | **grow** | past | the seeds *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go out** | past | change | | | | | as usual | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | change *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **do** | past · progressive | change's crop | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **find** | past | change | | | | | to change's astonishment | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **expect** | past · perfect · passive | a few stalks of barley *not said here* | change | | | | a great looking man *obj* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme man=Eventuality | | 8 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **stand** | past · progressive | change *not said here* | | | the middle of the bed | | instead a few stalks of barley | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in middle=Location | | 10 | **astonish** | | change | | | | | | nom astonishment «feeling 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/32/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Two Neighbours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/)