--- title: Here he stopped to take breath, and he noticed to his great joy that… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Here he stopped to take breath, and he noticed to his great joy that the shadow had disappeared; but on peeping out from the shadow of the tree he was annoyed to find that on whichever side he looked the shadow immediately showed itself also. Who acts: Boy, great joy, shadow. 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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, great joy, shadow), 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:pg75000:7:55 # text = Here he stopped to take breath, and he noticed to his great joy that the shadow had disappeared; but on peeping out from the shadow of the tree he was annoyed to find that on whichever side he looked the shadow immediately showed itself also. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 disappeared disappear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 on on SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 peeping peep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 advcl _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 annoyed annoyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 ccomp _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 obj _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 whichever whichever DET WDT PronType=Rel 39 det _ _ 39 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 ccomp _ _ 46 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 45 obj _ _ 47 also also ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past | Boy | | | here | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | Boy *not said here* | breath | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme | | 3 | **notice** | past | Boy | | | | | to Boy's great joy | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **disappear** | past · perfect · passive | Boy's great joy *not said here* | the shadow | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **peep out** | gerund | Boy *not said here* | | | | | from the shadow of the tree | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from shadow=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | Boy | | | | | annoyed *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **find** | to-infinitive | Boy *not said here* | that | | whichever side | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic | | 8 | **look** | past | Boy | whichever side *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **show** | past | the shadow | shadow | | | | immediately *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent itself=Recipient | | 10 | **joy** | | Boy | | | | | | nom joy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **shadow** | | | the tree | | | | | nom shadow «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/56/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/)