--- title: “There is a shepherd’s encampment over there where we can borrow a r… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “There is a shepherd’s encampment over there where we can borrow a rope, and then all we have to do is to make a slip-knot in the rope, put it over the Kyang’s neck, and pull as hard as we can.” Who acts: encampment, we, all. 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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 (encampment, we, all), 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:pg75000:8:37 # text = “There is a shepherd’s encampment over there where we can borrow a rope, and then all we have to do is to make a slip-knot in the rope, put it over the Kyang’s neck, and pull as hard as we can.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 encampment encampment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 8 over over ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 10 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 13 advmod _ _ 11 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 borrow borrow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 26 nsubj:outer _ _ 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 slip slip NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 knot knot NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 over over ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Kyang Kyang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’s 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 pull pull VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 45 as as ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 advmod _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a shepherd's encampment | | | there; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **borrow** *in a quote* | can | we | a rope | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Theme | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | all | | | the rope | | a slip knot *obj*; make *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* | knot | | the Kyang's neck | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme over neck=Destination | | 7 | **pull** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | hard *property* | vn slide-11.2 «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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/8/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/8/38/) - ↑ back to [The Kyang, the Fox, the Wolf and the Hare.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/8/)