--- title: When Tse-ring returned from his journey he walked over to the school… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: When Tse-ring returned from his journey he walked over to the school-house one day to see how his Son was getting on, and he found Cham-ba seated there teaching the boys their lessons. Who acts: Tse ring, father, Son. 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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, father, Son), 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:pg75000:5:53 # text = When Tse-ring returned from his journey he walked over to the school-house one day to see how his Son was getting on, and he found Cham-ba seated there teaching the boys their lessons. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 Tse Tse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 over over ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl:unmarked _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 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 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 ccomp _ _ 26 on on ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 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 30 obj _ _ 34 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 35 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 36 teaching teach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 lessons lesson NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | participle | Tse ring | | | father's journey | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from journey=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **walk over** | past | father | | | | | to the school house one day; over *property* | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **get on** | past · progressive | father's Son | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **find** | past | father | Cham ba | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ba=Topic | | 6 | **seat** | participle | | Cham ba *not said here* | | there | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location | | 7 | **teach** *speech: other* | gerund | | ba's lessons | the boys | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient lesson=Topic | | 8 | **journey** | | father | | | | | | nom journey «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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/54/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Two Neighbours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/5/)