--- title: After the lapse of one or two months his Wife grew anxious about him… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: After the lapse of one or two months his Wife grew anxious about him, and knowing that from the infirmity of his mind he was likely to get himself into some scrape or another, she decided to set out herself to see what had become of him. Who acts: Wife, cat. 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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 (Wife, cat), 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:pg75000:7:107 # text = After the lapse of one or two months his Wife grew anxious about him, and knowing that from the infirmity of his mind he was likely to get himself into some scrape or another, she decided to set out herself to see what had become of him. 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lapse lapse NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 conj _ _ 8 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 Wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 13 about about ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 17 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 18 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 obj _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 infirmity infirmity NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obj _ _ 31 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 33 scrape scrape NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 out out ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 45 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 47 nsubj _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 ccomp _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | cat's Wife | | | | after the lapse; month | anxious *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **know** | gerund | wife *not said here* | that | | the infirmity of cat's mind | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | cat | cat's mind *not said here* | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **get** | to-infinitive | cat *not said here* | cat | | some scrape | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer himself=Stimulus | | 5 | **decide** | past | wife | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **set out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | wife *not said here* | wife | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **become** | past · perfect | | | | | | of cat; what *nsubj* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **mind** | | cat | | | | | | nom mind «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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/108/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/)