--- title: A few minutes later one of the King’s Servants, who happened to be p… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: A few minutes later one of the King’s Servants, who happened to be passing by carrying an earthen jar full of oil for the King’s palace, noticed the Boy lying on his back in the shallow grave, so he stopped and asked him what he was doing. Who acts: Servants, one, Boy, fellow. 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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 (Servants, one, Boy, fellow), 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:pg75000:7:10 # text = A few minutes later one of the King’s Servants, who happened to be passing by carrying an earthen jar full of oil for the King’s palace, noticed the Boy lying on his back in the shallow grave, so he stopped and asked him what he was doing. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 Servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux _ _ 16 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 17 by by SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 earthen earthen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 jar jar NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’s 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 shallow shallow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 iobj _ _ 49 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 52 obj _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | the King's Servants | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive · progressive | the King's Servants *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **carry** | gerund | the King's Servants *not said here* | a earthen jar | | | | for the King's palace | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jar=Theme | | 4 | **notice** | past | one of the King's Servants | the Boy | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer boy=Stimulus | | 5 | **lie** | gerund | the Boy *not said here* | | | fellow's back | | in the shallow grave | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on back=Location | | 6 | **stop** | past | fellow | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | fellow *not said here* | | fellow | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **do** | past · progressive | fellow | | | | | what *obj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/11/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/)