--- title: “The soles of my feet are turning yellow, and that, as you know, is… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “The soles of my feet are turning yellow, and that, as you know, is a sure sign that I am going to die; so I have prepared myself a grave, and am just waiting here till death comes.” Who acts: soles, you, turning, Boy. 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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 (soles, you, turning, Boy), 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:pg75000:7:12 # text = “The soles of my feet are turning yellow, and that, as you know, is a sure sign that I am going to die; so I have prepared myself a grave, and am just waiting here till death comes.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 soles sole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 csubj _ _ 9 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 acl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 33 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 just just ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 parataxis _ _ 41 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 42 till till ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the soles of my feet | that | | | | yellow *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | turning | a sure sign | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the Boy *= boy* | a sure sign *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **die** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Boy *= boy* *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **prepare** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the Boy *= boy* | the Boy *= boy* | | | | a grave *obj* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent myself=Beneficiary grave=Product | | 7 | **wait** *in a quote* | present · progressive | | | | here | till death | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **come** *in a quote* | present | a sure sign | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/13/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/)