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title: The Boy dressed himself up in his best clothes, and, after feasting… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: The Boy dressed himself up in his best clothes, and, after feasting the wedding party in the usual manner, he begged them all to go on ahead of him, saying that he would follow as soon as he had said good-bye to his Mother. Who acts: Boy. A sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Tr
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 47

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The Boy dressed himself up in his best clothes, and, after feasting the wedding party in the usual manner, he begged them all to go on ahead of him, saying that he would follow as soon as he had said good-bye to his Mother.

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**Who acts:** Boy · **What happens:** dress up, feast, beg, go, say, follow · **To what, where:** Boy, best clothes, wedding party, usual manner, clothes, said good bye · **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 (Boy), 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:pg75000:7:47
# text = The Boy dressed himself up in his best clothes, and, after feasting the wedding party in the usual manner, he begged them all to go on ahead of him, saying that he would follow as soon as he had said good-bye to his Mother.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dressed	dress	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	in	in	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	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	feasting	feast	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	24	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
25	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	25	nmod:unmarked	_	_
27	to	to	PART	TO	_	28	mark	_	_
28	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	24	ccomp	_	_
29	on	on	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
34	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	24	advcl	_	_
35	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	38	mark	_	_
36	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
37	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
38	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	ccomp	_	_
39	as	as	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
40	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	44	advmod	_	_
41	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
42	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
43	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
44	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	47	amod	_	_
45	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	bye	bye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
48	to	to	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	Mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dress up** | past | the Boy | Boy |  | Boy's best clothes |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |
| 2 | **feast** | gerund | Boy *not said here* | the wedding party |  | the usual manner |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Boy |  | clothes |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 4 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | on Boy | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on he=Location |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **follow** | would | Boy | said good bye |  |  |  | to Boy's Mother | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bye=Theme to mother=Trajectory |
| 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | Boy |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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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