--- title: They thought it must certainly be a demon, who lived in the tree, an… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: They thought it must certainly be a demon, who lived in the tree, and who wanted his share of the spoils, so they took to their heels and made off as fast as they could, leaving the horse and all the clothes behind them. Who acts: travellers, voice, demon. 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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 (travellers, voice, demon), 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:pg75000:7:63 # text = They thought it must certainly be a demon, who lived in the tree, and who wanted his share of the spoils, so they took to their heels and made off as fast as they could, leaving the horse and all the clothes behind them. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 demon demon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 share share NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 of of SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 spoils spoil VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 33 off off ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 as as ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 46 det:predet _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 40 conj _ _ 47 behind behind ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | travellers *= traveller* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | must | voice | a demon | | | | certainly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **live** | past | a demon | | | the tree | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location | | 4 | **want** | past | | demon's share | | | | who *nsubj* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot share=Theme | | 5 | **spoil** | present | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **take** | past | travellers *= traveller* | | | | | to travellers's heels *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to heel=Result | | 7 | **make off** | participle | travellers *= traveller* *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 8 | **leave** | gerund | travellers *= traveller* *not said here* | the horse | | | | all clothes behind travellers *conj* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 9 | **share** | | demon | | | | | | nom share «possession transitive»: poss=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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/64/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/)