--- title: Soon afterwards Cham-ba announced his intention of starting a school… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Soon afterwards Cham-ba announced his intention of starting a school for little boys, where they would be taught free, and Tse-ring, thinking that a free education for his Son was not to be neglected, sent over his young Son to attend the school. Who acts: Cham, intention. 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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 (Cham, intention), 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:pg75000:5:48 # text = Soon afterwards Cham-ba announced his intention of starting a school for little boys, where they would be taught free, and Tse-ring, thinking that a free education for his Son was not to be neglected, sent over his young Son to attend the school. 1 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 2 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 3 Cham Cham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ba BA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 6 announced announce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 intention intention NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 starting start VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ _ 22 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 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 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 education education NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 neglected neglect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 conj _ _ 44 over over ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **announce** *speech: other* | past | Cham | Cham's intention | | | | Tse ring *parataxis*; afterwards, soon *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intention=Theme | | 2 | **start** | gerund | Cham's intention *not said here* | a school | | | | for little boys | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Eventuality | | 3 | **teach** *speech: other* | would · passive | | ba | | | | free *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | Cham *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **not** **neglect** | past · passive | | a free education for Cham's Son | | | | | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **send** | participle | | | | | | over Cham's young Son | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **attend** | to-infinitive | | the school | | | | | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme school=Goal | | 8 | **intend** | | Cham | | | | | | nom intention «cognition 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/49/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Two Neighbours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/)