--- title: During the progress of the feast the young Mussulman, who was of a v… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: During the progress of the feast the young Mussulman, who was of a very kindly disposition, and very fond of his Mother, kept thinking to himself how he could save something nice for her to eat from amongst so much plenty. Who acts: young Mussulman, feast. 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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 (young Mussulman, feast), 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:pg75000:7:67 # text = During the progress of the feast the young Mussulman, who was of a very kindly disposition, and very fond of his Mother, kept thinking to himself how he could save something nice for her to eat from amongst so much plenty. 1 During during ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 progress progress NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Mussulman Mussulman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 very very ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 disposition disposition NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 very very ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 appos _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 Mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 26 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 27 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obl _ _ 30 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 34 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 33 obj _ _ 35 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 amongst amongst NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 much much ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the young Mussulman | | | | | of a disposition; kindly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | past | the young Mussulman | | | | during the progress of the feast | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | feast *not said here* | | feast | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **save** | could | feast | something | | | | for mother | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent something=Theme for she=Beneficiary | | 5 | **eat** | to-infinitive | feast *not said here* | plenty | | amongst | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from amongst=Source | | 6 | **progress** | | the feast | | | | | | nom progress «act intransitive»: of=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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/68/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/)