--- title: About midnight some robbers came to the fold, and getting in amongst… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: About midnight some robbers came to the fold, and getting in amongst the sheep felt about for a good fat heavy one; and finally finding that the Boy was the heaviest of them all, they proceeded to carry him off. Who acts: robbers, getting, Boy. 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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 (robbers, getting, Boy), 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:pg75000:7:86 # text = About midnight some robbers came to the fold, and getting in amongst the sheep felt about for a good fat heavy one; and finally finding that the Boy was the heaviest of them all, they proceeded to carry him off. 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fold fold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 csubj _ _ 12 in in ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 16 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 17 about about ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 20 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 21 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 22 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 finally finally ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 heaviest heavy ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 27 xcomp _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ _ 36 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 off off ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | some robbers | | | the fold | midnight | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to fold=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **get in** | gerund | | | | | | amongst the sheep | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **feel** | past | getting | | | | | for a good fat heavy one; about *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for one=Theme | | 4 | **find** | gerund | some robbers *not said here* | | | | | finally *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | the Boy | | | | | of robbers *= robber*; heavy *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **proceed** | past | robbers *= robber* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **carry off** | to-infinitive | robbers *= robber* *not said here* | Boy | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/87/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/7/)