--- title: Her son, who was very fond of sugar, at once set to work to pick up… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Her son, who was very fond of sugar, at once set to work to pick up all that he saw; and while he was so engaged, the good woman slipped away and soon found the dog and recovered her purse. Who acts: son, Boy, good woman. 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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 (son, Boy, good woman), 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:pg75000:7:44 # text = Her son, who was very fond of sugar, at once set to work to pick up all that he saw; and while he was so engaged, the good woman slipped away and soon found the dog and recovered her purse. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 at at SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 13 advmod _ _ 13 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 while while SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 engaged engage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 slipped slip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 35 away away ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 38 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 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 recovered recover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | dog's son | | | | | of sugar; who *nsubj*; fond *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **set** | participle | dog's son *not said here* | | | | | once *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **work** | to-infinitive | dog's son *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **pick up** | to-infinitive | dog's son *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **see** | past | Boy | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **engage** | past · passive | | Boy | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **slip away** | past | the good woman | | | | | away *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **find** | past | the good woman *not said here* | the dog | | | | soon *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Topic | | 9 | **recover** | past | the good woman *not said here* | dog's purse | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purse=Theme | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/45/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/)