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title: On hearing this the robbers were very much frightened, and ran off a… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: On hearing this the robbers were very much frightened, and ran off as fast as they could; and the Boy, thankful to have escaped from this danger, and being thoroughly worn out by the exertions and exposure of the last twenty-four hours, returned to his Bride’s house. Who acts: exertions. A sentence 
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman., sentence 91

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On hearing this the robbers were very much frightened, and ran off as fast as they could; and the Boy, thankful to have escaped from this danger, and being thoroughly worn out by the exertions and exposure of the last twenty-four hours, returned to his Bride’s house.

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**Who acts:** exertions · **What happens:** hear, frighten, run off, escape, wear out, return · **To what, where:** this, danger

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This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (exertions), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75000:7:91
# text = On hearing this the robbers were very much frightened, and ran off as fast as they could; and the Boy, thankful to have escaped from this danger, and being thoroughly worn out by the exertions and exposure of the last twenty-four hours, returned to his Bride’s house.
1	On	on	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	much	much	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	frightened	frighten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
13	off	off	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	as	as	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
16	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
24	thankful	thankful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	_	_
26	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	aux	_	_
27	escaped	escape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	24	advcl	_	_
28	from	from	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	30	det	_	_
30	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
33	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	35	aux:pass	_	_
34	thoroughly	thoroughly	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
36	out	out	ADP	RP	_	35	compound:prt	_	_
37	by	by	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	exertions	exertion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	nsubj	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	exposure	exposure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	conj	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
44	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
45	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	47	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	48	nummod	_	_
48	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
50	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	parataxis	_	_
51	to	to	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
52	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
53	Bride	Bride	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	’s	's	PART	POS	_	53	case	_	_
55	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | gerund |  | this |  |  |  | the robbers *obj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **frighten** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
| 3 | **run off** | past |  |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **escape** | to-infinitive · perfect |  |  |  | this danger |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from danger=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **wear out** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  | thoroughly *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative» |
| 6 | **return** | past | the exertions and exposure of the last four hours |  |  |  |  | to Boy's house *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to house=Result |

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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.

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**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.

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