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Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 4

Now it chanced that in a neighbouring country there lived a terrible Ogre, who was an expert in magic and all the black arts; and it came to his ears that this King had offered a large reward if anyone could secure to him the birth of children for himself, his horse and his dog.

Who acts: notice, neighbouring country, terrible Ogre, anyone · What happens: chance, neighbour, live, be, come, offer · To what, where: terrible Ogre, expert, magic, ears, King, birth

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 (notice, neighbouring country, terrible Ogre, 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

advmodnsubjmarkcasedetamodnsubjadvmodadvcldetamodobjpunctnsubjcopdetapposcasenmodccdet:predetdetamodconjpunctccnsubjconjcasenmod:possoblmarkdetnsubj:passauxadvcldetamodobjmarknsubjauxadvclcaseobldetobjcasenmodcasenmodpunctnmod:possconjccnmod:possconjpunctrootNowADVitPRONchancedVERBthatSCONJinADPaDETneighbouringVERBcountryNOUNthereADVlivedVERBaDETterribleADJOgreNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONwasAUXanDETexpertNOUNinADPmagicNOUNandCCONJallDETtheDETblackADJartsNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJitPRONcameVERBtoADPhisPRONearsNOUNthatSCONJthisDETKingPROPNhadAUXofferedVERBaDETlargeADJrewardNOUNifSCONJanyonePRONcouldAUXsecureVERBtoADPhimPRONtheDETbirthNOUNofADPchildrenNOUNforADPhimselfPRON,PUNCThisPRONhorseNOUNandCCONJhisPRONdogNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NownowADVPronType=Dem3 chancedadvmod
2ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 chancednsubj
3chancedchanceVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thatthatSCONJ_10 livedmark
5ininADP_8 countrycase
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 countrydet
7neighbouringneighbourVERBVerbForm=Ger8 countryamod
8countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing10 livednsubj
9therethereADVPronType=Dem8 countryadvmod
10livedliveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 chancedadvcl
11aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 Ogredet
12terribleterribleADJDegree=Pos13 Ogreamod
13OgreogreNOUNNumber=Sing10 livedobj
14,,PUNCT_18 expertpunct
15whowhoPRONPronType=Rel18 expertnsubj
16wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 expertcop
17anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art18 expertdet
18expertexpertNOUNNumber=Sing13 Ogreappos
19ininADP_20 magiccase
20magicmagicNOUNNumber=Sing18 expertnmod
21andandCCONJ_25 artscc
22allallDETPronType=Tot25 artsdet:predet
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 artsdet
24blackblackADJDegree=Pos25 artsamod
25artsartNOUNNumber=Plur18 expertconj
26;;PUNCT_29 camepunct
27andandCCONJ_29 camecc
28ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 camensubj
29camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 chancedconj
30totoADP_32 earscase
31hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 earsnmod:poss
32earsearNOUNNumber=Plur29 cameobl
33thatthatSCONJ_37 offeredmark
34thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem35 Kingdet
35KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing37 offerednsubj:pass
36hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin37 offeredaux
37offeredofferVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass29 cameadvcl
38aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art40 rewarddet
39largelargeADJDegree=Pos40 rewardamod
40rewardrewardNOUNNumber=Sing37 offeredobj
41ififSCONJ_44 securemark
42anyoneanyonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind44 securensubj
43couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin44 secureaux
44securesecureVERBVerbForm=Inf37 offeredadvcl
45totoADP_46 himcase
46himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs44 secureobl
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 birthdet
48birthbirthNOUNNumber=Sing44 secureobj
49ofofADP_50 childrencase
50childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur48 birthnmod
51forforADP_52 himselfcase
52himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes50 childrennmod
53,,PUNCT_55 horsepunct
54hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs55 horsenmod:poss
55horsehorseNOUNNumber=Sing52 himselfconj
56andandCCONJ_58 dogcc
57hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs58 dognmod:poss
58dogdogNOUNNumber=Sing52 himselfconj
59..PUNCT_3 chancedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1chancepastnoticenowvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2neighbourgerundtree rules
3livepasta neighbouring countrya terrible Ogrevn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme ogre=Location
4is apasta terrible Ogrea expert and all black artsmagicall black arts conjtree rules
5comepastnoticecountry's earsvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to ear=Initial_Location
6offerpast · perfect · passivethis Kinga large reward objvn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal reward=Theme
7secure a condition, not said to happencouldanyonethe birth of children for countrycountryvn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent birth=Patient to he=Co-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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