--- title: So the Boy went off towards his own home, and as he got near to the… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: So the Boy went off towards his own home, and as he got near to the house he saw a strange dog sneaking out of the door, carrying in his mouth a purse full of money, which he had just picked up inside. Who acts: Boy, strange dog. 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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 (Boy, strange dog), 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:pg75000:7:39 # text = So the Boy went off towards his own home, and as he got near to the house he saw a strange dog sneaking out of the door, carrying in his mouth a purse full of money, which he had just picked up inside. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 towards towards ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 15 near near ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 sneaking sneak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 25 out out ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 36 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 just just ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 picked pick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl:relcl _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 inside inside ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go off** | past | the Boy | | | | | towards Boy's own home | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past | Boy | | | | | to the house *result*; near *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to house=Result | | 3 | **see** | past | Boy | a strange dog | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus | | 4 | **sneak out** | gerund | a strange dog *not said here* | the door | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Agent | | 5 | **carry** | gerund | Boy *not said here* | a purse | | Boy's mouth | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent purse=Value in mouth=Location | | 6 | **pick up** | past · perfect · passive | | money | | | | Boy *nsubj:pass*; inside *property* | vn discover-84-1 «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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/40/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/)