--- title: In a few minutes they were both strangled, and the Kyang, shaking of… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: In a few minutes they were both strangled, and the Kyang, shaking off the rope from his neck, proceeded to graze quietly on his usual pastures, and the Hare scampered off home, feeling that he had done a good day’s work. Who acts: Kyang, good day. 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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 (Kyang, good day), 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:pg75000:8:53 # text = In a few minutes they were both strangled, and the Kyang, shaking off the rope from his neck, proceeded to graze quietly on his usual pastures, and the Hare scampered off home, feeling that he had done a good day’s work. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 both both ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 strangled strangle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Kyang Kyang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 shaking shake VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 15 off off ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 22 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 graze graze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 pastures pasture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl:unmarked _ _ 34 scampered scamper VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 35 off off ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 ccomp _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’s 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strangle** | past · passive | | end | | | minute | both *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **shake off** | gerund | the Kyang *not said here* | the rope from Kyang's neck | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent rope=Patient | | 3 | **proceed** | past | the Kyang | | | | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **graze** | to-infinitive | the Kyang *not said here* | | | | | on Kyang's usual pastures; quietly *property* | vn dine-39.5 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on pasture=Patient | | 5 | **scamper** | participle | | the Hare | | home | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme off home=Trajectory | | 6 | **feel** | gerund | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **do** | past · perfect | Kyang | a good day's work | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | | 8 | **work** | | a good day | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/8/52/) - next →: [The Frog and the Crow., 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/9/1/) - ↑ back to [The Kyang, the Fox, the Wolf and the Hare.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/8/)