--- title: The Mother, when she found what was up, was afraid that he would att… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The Mother, when she found what was up, was afraid that he would attract the attention of the neighbours to the loss of the purse, and that in the excitement some one else would chase the dog and get the money; so hastily running up on to the flat roof of the house she sprinkled some sugar over the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/41/) [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/) / 41 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 41 The Mother, when she found what was up, was afraid that he would attract the attention of the neighbours to the loss of the purse, and that in the excitement some one else would chase the dog and get the money; so hastily running up on to the flat roof of the house she sprinkled some sugar over the roof, and then called to the Boy to come up as quickly as he could. **Who acts:** Mother, Boy, one, dog, neighbours · **What happens:** find, be, attract, chase, get, run up · **To what, where:** that, excitement, attention, dog, money, flat roof · **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 (Mother, Boy, one, 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:pg75000:7:41 # text = The Mother, when she found what was up, was afraid that he would attract the attention of the neighbours to the loss of the purse, and that in the excitement some one else would chase the dog and get the money; so hastily running up on to the flat roof of the house she sprinkled some sugar over the roof, and then called to the Boy to come up as quickly as he could. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 attract attract VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 excitement excitement NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 33 nsubj _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nsubj _ _ 36 else else ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 chase chase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 so so ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 47 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 49 up up ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 58 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 sprinkled sprinkle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 acl:relcl _ _ 60 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 61 det _ _ 61 sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 62 over over ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 67 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 68 advmod _ _ 68 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 69 to to ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 obl _ _ 72 to to PART TO _ 73 mark _ _ 73 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 advcl _ _ 74 up up ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 75 as as ADV RB _ 76 advmod _ _ 76 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 77 as as SCONJ IN _ 79 mark _ _ 78 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 79 nsubj _ _ 79 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 76 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | the Mother | that | | the excitement | | mother *nsubj*; what *obj* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Theme that=Attribute | | 2 | **is** | past | the Mother *not said here* | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **attract** | would | Boy | the attention of the neighbours | | | | to the loss of the purse *result* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent attention=Patient to loss=Result | | 4 | **chase** | would | one | the dog | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme | | 5 | **get** | infinitive | one *not said here* | the money | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus | | 6 | **run up** | gerund | the Mother *not said here* | | | the flat roof of the house | | hastily *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on roof=Trajectory | | 7 | **sprinkle** | past | dog | some sugar | | the roof | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sugar=Theme over roof=Destination | | 8 | **call** | participle | | | the Boy | | then | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to boy=Recipient | | 9 | **come up** | to-infinitive | | | | | | quickly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **attend** | | the neighbours | | | | | | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/42/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/)