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title: The Servant replied that he had entrusted the Boy with a jar of oil… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: The Servant replied that he had entrusted the Boy with a jar of oil intended for the King, and as they were walking along the road quite quietly together, the Boy all of a sudden began to stamp his feet like a maniac, and the jar of oil slipped off his back and got broken. Who acts: Servant, King, S
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 34

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The Servant replied that he had entrusted the Boy with a jar of oil intended for the King, and as they were walking along the road quite quietly together, the Boy all of a sudden began to stamp his feet like a maniac, and the jar of oil slipped off his back and got broken.

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**Who acts:** Servant, King, Servants, all, jar · **What happens:** reply, entrust, intend, walk, begin, stamp · **To what, where:** Boy, oil, road, feet, back · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Servant, King, Servants, all), 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:pg75000:7:34
# text = The Servant replied that he had entrusted the Boy with a jar of oil intended for the King, and as they were walking along the road quite quietly together, the Boy all of a sudden began to stamp his feet like a maniac, and the jar of oil slipped off his back and got broken.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Servant	Servant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	replied	reply	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	entrusted	entrust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
21	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
22	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
23	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	33	advcl	_	_
25	along	along	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
29	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
30	together	together	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
34	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	38	nsubj	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	nmod	_	_
38	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
39	to	to	PART	TO	_	40	mark	_	_
40	stamp	stamp	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	xcomp	_	_
41	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obj	_	_
43	like	like	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	maniac	maniac	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nsubj	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	_
52	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
53	off	off	ADP	RP	_	52	compound:prt	_	_
54	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obj	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
57	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	conj	_	_
58	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	57	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the Servant |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **entrust** | past · perfect | King |  | the Boy |  |  | with a jar of oil | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient with jar=Theme |
| 3 | **intend** | participle |  | oil *not said here* |  |  |  | for the King | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **walk** | past · progressive | Servants *= servant* |  |  | the road |  | quietly, together *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along road=Trajectory |
| 5 | **begin** | past | all of a sudden | the Boy |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 6 | **stamp** | to-infinitive | all of a sudden *not said here* | King's feet |  |  |  | like a maniac | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Destination |
| 7 | **slip off** | past | the jar of oil | King's back |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent back=Patient |
| 8 | **get** | past | the jar of oil *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 9 | **break** | participle | the jar of oil *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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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