--- title: Some months after, Cham-ba, now rich and prosperous, started off on… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Some months after, Cham-ba, now rich and prosperous, started off on a journey, and before going he asked Tse-ring to take charge of a bag of gold-dust for him, and to keep it until he returned. Who acts: months, stranger. 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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 (months, stranger), 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:pg75000:5:36 # text = Some months after, Cham-ba, now rich and prosperous, started off on a journey, and before going he asked Tse-ring to take charge of a bag of gold-dust for him, and to keep it until he returned. 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 3 after after ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 Cham Cham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ba ba NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 10 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 prosperous prosperous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 14 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 off off ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 before before SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 25 Tse Tse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 30 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 until until SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start off** | past | some months and Cham ba | | | a journey | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **go** | gerund | stranger *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | stranger | Tse ring | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent ring=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | charge of a bag of gold dust | | | | for stranger | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent charge=Theme for he=Beneficiary | | 5 | **keep** | to-infinitive | | charge | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **return** | past | stranger | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **charge** | | | a bag of gold dust | | | | | nom charge «act transitive»: of=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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/37/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Two Neighbours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/)