--- title: A few days later he found it necessary to make a short journey to a… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: A few days later he found it necessary to make a short journey to a neighbouring town, and before starting he entrusted his little Son to his neighbour, Cham-ba, and asked him to look after the boy until his return. Who acts: education. 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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 (education), 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:pg75000:5:49 # text = A few days later he found it necessary to make a short journey to a neighbouring town, and before starting he entrusted his little Son to his neighbour, Cham-ba, and asked him to look after the boy until his return. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 neighbouring neighbour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 amod _ _ 17 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 before before SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 starting start VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 entrusted entrust VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 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 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 Cham Cham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ba ba NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 iobj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 40 after after ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 until until ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | education | intention | | | | late, necessary *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | education *not said here* | a short journey | | | | to a neighbouring town | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset journey=Product | | 3 | **neighbour** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **start** | gerund | education *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **entrust** | past | education | education's little Son | education's neighbour and Cham ba | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent son=Theme to neighbour=Recipient | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | education *not said here* | | education | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **look** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | education *not said here* | | | | after the boy; until education's return | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **return** | | education | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/50/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Two Neighbours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/)