Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 118
“These,” said the lady, “are the bodies of the Ogre’s victims; he has eaten their hearts, but the bodies, as you see, remain unharmed, while the spirit of each one is compressed into a drop of crystal liquor with which that goblet is filled.
Who acts: These, Ogre, you · What happens: say, be, eat, see, remain, compress · To what, where: lady, bodies, hearts, spirit, drop, goblet · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (These, Ogre, you), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 2 | These | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 5 said | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 These | punct |
| 4 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 These | punct |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lady | det |
| 7 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 bodies | punct |
| 9 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 bodies | punct |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 bodies | cop |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 bodies | det |
| 12 | bodies | body | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 lady | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 victims | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Ogre | det |
| 15 | Ogre | Ogre | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 victims | nmod:poss |
| 16 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 15 Ogre | case |
| 17 | victims | victim | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 bodies | nmod |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 eaten | punct |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 eaten | nsubj |
| 20 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 eaten | aux |
| 21 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 said | conj |
| 22 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 hearts | nmod:poss |
| 23 | hearts | heart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 eaten | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 bodies | punct |
| 25 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 27 bodies | cc |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 bodies | det |
| 27 | bodies | body | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 eaten | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 see | punct |
| 29 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 31 see | mark |
| 30 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 31 see | nsubj |
| 31 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 eaten | parataxis |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 remain | punct |
| 33 | remain | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 see | conj |
| 34 | unharmed | unharmed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 remain | xcomp |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 compressed | punct |
| 36 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 43 compressed | mark |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 spirit | det |
| 38 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 compressed | nsubj:pass |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 one | case |
| 40 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 41 one | det |
| 41 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 spirit | nmod |
| 42 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 compressed | aux:pass |
| 43 | compressed | compress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 eaten | conj |
| 44 | into | into | ADP | _ | 46 drop | case |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 drop | det |
| 46 | drop | drop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 compressed | obl |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 liquor | case |
| 48 | crystal | crystal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 liquor | amod |
| 49 | liquor | liquor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 drop | nmod |
| 50 | with | with | ADP | _ | 51 which | case |
| 51 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 55 filled | obl |
| 52 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 53 goblet | det |
| 53 | goblet | goblet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 filled | nsubj:pass |
| 54 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 55 filled | aux:pass |
| 55 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 49 liquor | acl:relcl |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | These | the lady and the bodies | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lady=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | These not said here | the bodies | of the Ogre's victims | tree rules | |||
| 3 | eat in a quote | present · perfect | Ogre | bodies's hearts | the bodies conj | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | |||
| 4 | see in a quote | present | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | remain in a quote | present | you not said here | unharmed property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | compress in a quote | present · passive | the spirit of each one | into a drop of crystal liquor result | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into drop=Result | ||||
| 7 | fill in a quote | present · passive | that goblet | with crystal liquor | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with which=Instrument |
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.
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