--- title: The young Man was terrified at what he had done, and feeling sure th… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The young Man was terrified at what he had done, and feeling sure that he must have killed the old man, he decided to flee from the house; so he opened the door and ran off into the night. Who acts: young Man, man. 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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 Man, man), 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:pg75000:7:79 # text = The young Man was terrified at what he had done, and feeling sure that he must have killed the old man, he decided to flee from the house; so he opened the door and ran off into the night. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 terrified terrified ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 obl _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 13 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 14 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux _ _ 19 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 ccomp _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 flee flee VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 39 off off ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the young Man | | | | | what *obl*; terrified *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past · perfect | man | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **feel** | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | sure *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **kill** | must · perfect · passive | | man | | | | the old man *obj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer man=Result | | 5 | **decide** | past | man | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **flee** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | | the house | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from house=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **open** | past | man | the door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 8 | **run off** | past | man *not said here* | | | | night | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/80/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/)