--- title: I was just thinking to myself that, as it fortunately happens, my Fa… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: I was just thinking to myself that, as it fortunately happens, my Father lives close by here, on this very roof, and as he is an exceedingly fierce, strong man, he will certainly avenge my death if anyone injures me.” Who acts: I, it, Father, anyone. 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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 (I, it, Father, anyone), 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:pg75000:9:5 # text = I was just thinking to myself that, as it fortunately happens, my Father lives close by here, on this very roof, and as he is an exceedingly fierce, strong man, he will certainly avenge my death if anyone injures me.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obl _ _ 7 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 fortunately fortunately ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 17 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 23 very very ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 30 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 31 exceedingly exceedingly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 avenge avenge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 45 nsubj _ _ 45 injures injure VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | I | | myself | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **happen** | present | it | | | | | fortunately *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **live** | present | my Father | | | this roof | | close *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by here=Location | | 4 | **is a** | present | Father | a fierce strong man | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **avenge** | future | Father | my death | | | | certainly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **injure** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | anyone | me | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **die** | | my | | | | | | nom death «event 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/9/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/9/6/) - ↑ back to [The Frog and the Crow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/9/)