--- title: When he saw this, the King’s Servant became very angry, and asked hi… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: When he saw this, the King’s Servant became very angry, and asked him what on earth he meant by stamping his foot like that, and breaking a valuable jar of oil, which was intended for the King. Who acts: nonsense, Servant. 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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 (nonsense, Servant), 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:pg75000:7:31 # text = When he saw this, the King’s Servant became very angry, and asked him what on earth he meant by stamping his foot like that, and breaking a valuable jar of oil, which was intended for the King. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 Servant Servant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 obj _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 22 by by SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 stamping stamp VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 like like ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 breaking break VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 valuable valuable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 jar jar NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 intended intend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | nonsense | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **become** | past | Servant | | | | | the King *nmod:poss*; angry *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | nonsense *not said here* | | nonsense | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **mean** | past | nonsense | | | earth | | what *obj* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 5 | **stamp** | gerund | nonsense *not said here* | nonsense's foot | | | | like that | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Destination | | 6 | **break** | gerund | nonsense *not said here* | a valuable jar of oil | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jar=Patient | | 7 | **intend** | past · passive | | a valuable jar of oil | | | | for the King | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/32/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/)