--- title: Tse-ring undertook the charge of the gold, but in his new state of p… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Tse-ring undertook the charge of the gold, but in his new state of poverty and dependence he was unable to resist the temptation of spending some of it, and at last he found that the whole of the gold left in his charge was exhausted. Who acts: Tse ring, stranger, temptation. 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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 (Tse ring, stranger, temptation), 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:pg75000:5:37 # text = Tse-ring undertook the charge of the gold, but in his new state of poverty and dependence he was unable to resist the temptation of spending some of it, and at last he found that the whole of the gold left in his charge was exhausted. 1 Tse Tse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 undertook undertake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 poverty poverty NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 dependence dependence NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 acl:relcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 resist resist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 temptation temptation NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 spending spend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ _ 29 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 28 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 exhausted exhaust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **undertake** | past | Tse ring | the charge of the gold | | stranger's new state of poverty and dependence | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charge=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | past | stranger | stranger's new state of poverty and dependence *not said here* | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **resist** | to-infinitive | stranger *not said here* | the temptation | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **spend** | gerund | the temptation *not said here* | some of ring | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Asset | | 5 | **find** | past | stranger | | | last | | whole *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **leave** | participle | | the gold *not said here* | | | | in stranger's charge *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in charge=Result | | 7 | **exhaust** | past · passive | stranger *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 8 | **charge** | | | the gold | | | | | nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **charge** | | stranger | | | | | | nom charge «act 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/38/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Two Neighbours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/)