--- title: When he arrived at the house the parents of his Bride hurried out to… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: When he arrived at the house the parents of his Bride hurried out to greet him, and after asking him why he was so late, they led him to the room where the wedding feast was laid out. Who acts: horse, parents. 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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 (horse, parents), 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:pg75000:7:65 # text = When he arrived at the house the parents of his Bride hurried out to greet him, and after asking him why he was so late, they led him to the room where the wedding feast was laid out. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 Bride Bride PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 hurried hurry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 out out ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 greet greet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 19 after after SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 39 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl:relcl _ _ 40 out out ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | horse | | | the house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hurry out** | past | the parents of horse's Bride | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **greet** *speech: greet* | to-infinitive | the parents of horse's Bride *not said here* | | horse | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | parents *= parent* *not said here* | | horse | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | past | horse | | | | | late *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **lead** | past | parents *= parent* | horse | | the room | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to room=Destination | | 7 | **lay out** | past · passive | | the wedding feast | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/66/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/)