--- title: As the Boy grew up, it was found that he was rather weak-minded, and… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: As the Boy grew up, it was found that he was rather weak-minded, and that he was continually getting himself into scrapes, owing to his own folly and carelessness; and the naughty boys of the neighbourhood used to take advantage of the poor young fellow, and were constantly teasing him and telling h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Folk tales from Tibet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/) / [The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulm…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/) / 2 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 2 As the Boy grew up, it was found that he was rather weak-minded, and that he was continually getting himself into scrapes, owing to his own folly and carelessness; and the naughty boys of the neighbourhood used to take advantage of the poor young fellow, and were constantly teasing him and telling him all sorts of absurd stories. **Who acts:** Boy · **What happens:** grow up, find, be, get, owe, use · **To what, where:** Mussulman, Boy, scrapes, own folly, neighbourhood, advantage · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (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:pg75000:7:2 # text = As the Boy grew up, it was found that he was rather weak-minded, and that he was continually getting himself into scrapes, owing to his own folly and carelessness; and the naughty boys of the neighbourhood used to take advantage of the poor young fellow, and were constantly teasing him and telling him all sorts of absurd stories. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 13 rather rather ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 minded minded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 continually continually ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 parataxis _ _ 24 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 obj _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 scrapes scrape NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 owing owe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 folly folly NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 carelessness carelessness NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 naughty naughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 parataxis _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 neighbourhood neighbourhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 46 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 49 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 50 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 55 constantly constantly ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 teasing tease VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 parataxis _ _ 57 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 56 conj _ _ 60 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 iobj _ _ 61 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 62 det _ _ 62 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obj _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 absurd absurd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow up** | past | the Boy | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **find** | past · passive | | Mussulman | | | | the naughty boys of the neighbourhood *parataxis* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **is** | past | Boy | | | | | minded *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **get** | past · progressive | Boy | Boy | | scrapes | | continually *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer himself=Stimulus | | 5 | **owe** | gerund | Boy *not said here* | | | | | to Boy's own folly and carelessness *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to folly=Goal | | 6 | **use** | participle | | the neighbourhood *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **take** | to-infinitive | | advantage of the poor young fellow | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme | | 8 | **tease** | past · progressive | | Boy | | | | constantly *property* | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | all sorts of absurd stories | Boy | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sort=Topic | | 10 | **sort** | | | absurd stories | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/3/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/)