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Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 35

The Prince’s curiosity was now thoroughly aroused, and he determined, in spite of the Ogre’s warning, to enter the house itself, and to discover what sort of place he had come to, so he pushed open the door of the castle and began wandering about all over the house.

Who acts: Scarcely, Ogre · What happens: arouse, determine, enter, discover, come, push · To what, where: curiosity, spite, house, sort, place, door

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 (Scarcely, Ogre), 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

detnmod:posscasensubj:passauxadvmodadvmodpunctccnsubjparataxispunctcaseobjcasedetnmod:posscasenmodpunctmarkconjdetobjnmod:unmarkedpunctccmarkconjdetobjcasenmodnsubjauxacl:relcloblpunctadvmodnsubjparataxisxcompdetobjcasedetnmodccconjxcompcaseadvmodcasedetoblpunctrootTheDETPrincePROPN’sPARTcuriosityNOUNwasAUXnowADVthoroughlyADVarousedVERB,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONdeterminedVERB,PUNCTinADPspiteNOUNofADPtheDETOgrePROPN’sPARTwarningNOUN,PUNCTtoPARTenterVERBtheDEThouseNOUNitselfPRON,PUNCTandCCONJtoPARTdiscoverVERBwhatDETsortNOUNofADPplaceNOUNhePRONhadAUXcomeVERBtoADP,PUNCTsoADVhePRONpushedVERBopenVERBtheDETdoorNOUNofADPtheDETcastleNOUNandCCONJbeganVERBwanderingVERBaboutADPallADVoverADPtheDEThouseNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Princedet
2PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing4 curiositynmod:poss
3’s'sPART_2 Princecase
4curiositycuriosityNOUNNumber=Sing8 arousednsubj:pass
5wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 arousedaux
6nownowADVPronType=Dem8 arousedadvmod
7thoroughlythoroughlyADV_8 arousedadvmod
8arousedarouseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
9,,PUNCT_12 determinedpunct
10andandCCONJ_12 determinedcc
11hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 determinednsubj
12determineddetermineVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 arousedparataxis
13,,PUNCT_15 spitepunct
14ininADP_15 spitecase
15spitespiteNOUNNumber=Sing12 determinedobj
16ofofADP_20 warningcase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 Ogredet
18OgreOgrePROPNNumber=Sing20 warningnmod:poss
19’s'sPART_18 Ogrecase
20warningwarningNOUNNumber=Sing15 spitenmod
21,,PUNCT_23 enterpunct
22totoPART_23 entermark
23enterenterVERBVerbForm=Inf12 determinedconj
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 housedet
25househouseNOUNNumber=Sing23 enterobj
26itselfitselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes25 housenmod:unmarked
27,,PUNCT_30 discoverpunct
28andandCCONJ_30 discovercc
29totoPART_30 discovermark
30discoverdiscoverVERBVerbForm=Inf8 arousedconj
31whatwhatDETPronType=Int32 sortdet
32sortsortNOUNNumber=Sing30 discoverobj
33ofofADP_34 placecase
34placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing32 sortnmod
35hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs37 comensubj
36hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin37 comeaux
37comecomeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part34 placeacl:relcl
38totoADP_37 comeobl
39,,PUNCT_42 pushedpunct
40sosoADV_42 pushedadvmod
41hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs42 pushednsubj
42pushedpushVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 arousedparataxis
43openopenVERBVerbForm=Inf42 pushedxcomp
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 doordet
45doordoorNOUNNumber=Sing43 openobj
46ofofADP_48 castlecase
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 castledet
48castlecastleNOUNNumber=Sing45 doornmod
49andandCCONJ_50 begancc
50beganbeginVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin42 pushedconj
51wanderingwonderVERBVerbForm=Ger50 beganxcomp
52aboutaboutADP_56 housecase
53allallADV_56 houseadvmod
54overoverADP_56 housecase
55thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art56 housedet
56househouseNOUNNumber=Sing51 wanderingobl
57..PUNCT_8 arousedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1arousepast · passivethe Prince's curiositynowthoroughly propertyvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2determinepastScarcelyspite of the Ogre's warningvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spite=Topic
3enterto-infinitiveScarcely not said herethe house curiosityvn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Destination
4discoverto-infinitivewhat sort of placevn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sort=Topic
5comepast · perfectScarcelyplace not said herevn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location place=Theme
6pushpastScarcelyvn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7openinfinitiveScarcely not said herethe door of the castlevn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
8beginpastScarcely not said herevn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
9wonder speech: askgerundScarcely not said hereabout the housevn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about house=Stimulus
10spitethe Ogre's warningnom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient
11warnthe Ogrenom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent
12sortplacenom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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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