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title: Just at dusk the cat, carrying the lantern in its mouth, began to cr… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: Just at dusk the cat, carrying the lantern in its mouth, began to cross the courtyard towards the door of the room where it was expected to bring the light, and when about half way across the yard the Husband released one of the mice from the box which he had hidden in his robe. Who acts: cat, court
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 120

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Just at dusk the cat, carrying the lantern in its mouth, began to cross the courtyard towards the door of the room where it was expected to bring the light, and when about half way across the yard the Husband released one of the mice from the box which he had hidden in his robe.

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**Who acts:** cat, courtyard, Husband · **What happens:** carry, begin, cross, expect, bring, release · **To what, where:** lantern, mouth, courtyard, light, way, box

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This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cat, courtyard, Husband), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75000:7:120
# text = Just at dusk the cat, carrying the lantern in its mouth, began to cross the courtyard towards the door of the room where it was expected to bring the light, and when about half way across the yard the Husband released one of the mice from the box which he had hidden in his robe.
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lantern	lantern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
14	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
25	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	28	advmod	_	_
26	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj:pass	_	_
27	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux:pass	_	_
28	expected	expect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	acl:relcl	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	xcomp	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
35	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	44	advmod	_	_
36	about	about	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
37	half	half	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	38	advmod	_	_
38	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
39	across	across	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	Husband	Husband	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	nsubj	_	_
44	released	release	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
45	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	44	obj	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	nmod	_	_
49	from	from	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
52	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	55	nsubj:pass	_	_
53	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	_	_
54	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	aux	_	_
55	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	51	acl:relcl	_	_
56	in	in	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	58	nmod:poss	_	_
58	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | gerund | the cat *not said here* | the lantern |  | lantern's mouth |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lantern=Value in mouth=Location |
| 2 | **begin** | past | the cat |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **cross** | to-infinitive | the cat *not said here* | the courtyard |  |  |  | towards the door of the room | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent courtyard=Patient towards door=Recipient |
| 4 | **expect** | past · passive |  | courtyard |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **bring** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | courtyard *not said here* | the light |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent light=Theme |
| 6 | **release** | past | the Husband | way across the yard |  | the box |  | one of the mice *obj* | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer one=Source |
| 7 | **hide** | past · perfect · passive |  | the box |  | Husband's robe |  | Husband *nsubj* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in robe=Location |

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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.

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**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.

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