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title: The Wolf at once proceeded to stalk the Kyang, thinking that he woul… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: The Wolf at once proceeded to stalk the Kyang, thinking that he would make an excellent meal off him, and just as he was about to seize upon him the Kyang, noticing his approach, addressed him as follows: Who acts: Wolf. A sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Conno
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Kyang, the Fox, the Wolf and the Hare., sentence 2

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The Wolf at once proceeded to stalk the Kyang, thinking that he would make an excellent meal off him, and just as he was about to seize upon him the Kyang, noticing his approach, addressed him as follows:

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**Who acts:** Wolf · **What happens:** proceed, stalk, think, make, be, seize · **To what, where:** Kyang, excellent meal, approach, Wolf · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Kyang, the Fox, the Wolf and the Hare.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wolf), 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:pg75000:8:2
# text = The Wolf at once proceeded to stalk the Kyang, thinking that he would make an excellent meal off him, and just as he was about to seize upon him the Kyang, noticing his approach, addressed him as follows:
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	obl	_	_
5	proceeded	proceed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	stalk	stalk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Kyang	Kyang	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	_
16	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	excellent	excellent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
19	off	off	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
23	just	just	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
24	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
26	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
27	about	about	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	seize	seize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	xcomp	_	_
30	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	obl	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	Kyang	Kyang	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	noticing	notice	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	approach	approach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
39	addressed	address	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
40	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	obj	_	_
41	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
42	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | past | the Wolf |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **stalk** | to-infinitive | the Wolf *not said here* | the Kyang |  |  |  |  | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kyang=Theme |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | the Wolf *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **make** | would | Wolf | a excellent meal |  |  |  | off him *= he* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Product |
| 5 | **is** | past | Wolf |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **seize** | to-infinitive | Wolf *not said here* | the Kyang |  |  |  | upon Wolf | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kyang=Theme |
| 7 | **notice** | gerund | the Wolf *not said here* | Wolf's approach |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer approach=Stimulus |
| 8 | **address** | past | the Wolf *not said here* |  | Wolf |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination |
| 9 | **follow** | present | the Wolf *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **approach** |  | Wolf |  |  |  |  |  | nom approach «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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