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title: Some time afterwards the Boy’s Mother arranged with a rich family, w… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: Some time afterwards the Boy’s Mother arranged with a rich family, who lived some miles away, and who were not acquainted with her son’s failings, that the Boy should marry the daughter of the house; and that, in accordance with Tibetan custom, he should become a member of the Bride’s family. Who ac
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 45

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Some time afterwards the Boy’s Mother arranged with a rich family, who lived some miles away, and who were not acquainted with her son’s failings, that the Boy should marry the daughter of the house; and that, in accordance with Tibetan custom, he should become a member of the Bride’s family.

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**Who acts:** Mother, rich family, Boy, that, son · **What happens:** arrange, live, not acquaint, marry, become, fail · **To what, where:** daughter, member

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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 (Mother, rich family, Boy, that), 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:pg75000:7:45
# text = Some time afterwards the Boy’s Mother arranged with a rich family, who lived some miles away, and who were not acquainted with her son’s failings, that the Boy should marry the daughter of the house; and that, in accordance with Tibetan custom, he should become a member of the Bride’s family.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	’s	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	Mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	arranged	arrange	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
16	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
17	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl:unmarked	_	_
18	away	away	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
21	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
23	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	24	advmod	_	_
24	acquainted	acquaint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	parataxis	_	_
25	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
26	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	’s	's	PART	POS	_	27	case	_	_
29	failings	failing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
31	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	35	mark	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
34	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
35	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	conj	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
43	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	53	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
45	in	in	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	accordance	accordance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	appos	_	_
47	with	with	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	Tibetan	Tibetan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	compound	_	_
49	custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
51	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
52	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
53	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
54	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	xcomp	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	Bride	Bride	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	’s	's	PART	POS	_	58	case	_	_
60	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrange** | past | the Boy's Mother |  |  |  | time | with a rich family | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with family=Instrument |
| 2 | **live** | past | a rich family |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **acquaint** *speech: other* | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  | with mother's son's failings; who *nsubj:pass* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 4 | **marry** | should | the Boy | the daughter of the house |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient |
| 5 | **become** | should | that | a member of the Bride's family |  |  |  | Boy *nsubj* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **fail** |  | mother's son |  |  |  |  |  | nom failing «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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