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title: It chanced one day that he went for a walk in a large meadow, where… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: It chanced one day that he went for a walk in a large meadow, where there were a number of yellow flowers, and presently sitting down to rest, he began to gather a nosegay, when a young man passing by called out to him: Who acts: Mussulman, Boy, young man. A sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by Wi
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 3

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It chanced one day that he went for a walk in a large meadow, where there were a number of yellow flowers, and presently sitting down to rest, he began to gather a nosegay, when a young man passing by called out to him:

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**Who acts:** Mussulman, Boy, young man · **What happens:** chance, go, sit down, rest, begin, gather · **To what, where:** large meadow, nosegay, Boy

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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 (Mussulman, Boy, young man), 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:pg75000:7:3
# text = It chanced one day that he went for a walk in a large meadow, where there were a number of yellow flowers, and presently sitting down to rest, he began to gather a nosegay, when a young man passing by called out to him:
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chanced	chance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	meadow	meadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	18	advmod	_	_
17	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	18	expl	_	_
18	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	presently	presently	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
27	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	advcl	_	_
28	down	down	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
33	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	35	mark	_	_
35	gather	gather	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	xcomp	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	nosegay	nosegay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
39	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	43	advmod	_	_
40	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nsubj	_	_
43	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	33	xcomp	_	_
44	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	_
45	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	acl	_	_
46	out	out	ADP	RP	_	45	compound:prt	_	_
47	to	to	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chance** | past | Mussulman |  |  |  | day |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | past | Boy |  |  | a large meadow |  | for a walk | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for walk=Theme in meadow=Location |
| 3 | **sit down** | gerund | Mussulman *not said here* |  |  |  |  | down, presently *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **rest** | to-infinitive | Mussulman *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **begin** | past | Boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 6 | **gather** | to-infinitive | Boy *not said here* | a nosegay |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nosegay=Theme |
| 7 | **pass** | gerund | a young man |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  | Boy |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |

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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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