Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 55
But he is of a very jealous disposition, and never allows me to leave his castle; and for fear I should make my escape during his absence, he invariably, before going out, places an enchanted flower behind my ear which makes me fall into a trance, and I cannot awake until the flower is removed.”
Who acts: doubt, jealous disposition, me, I, enchanted flower, my · What happens: be, not allow, leave, make, go out, enchant · To what, where: me, castle, escape, places, trance, flower
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 (doubt, jealous disposition, me, I), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 disposition | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 disposition | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 disposition | cop |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 disposition | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 disposition | det |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 jealous | advmod |
| 7 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 disposition | amod |
| 8 | disposition | disposition | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 allows | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 allows | cc |
| 11 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 12 allows | advmod |
| 12 | allows | allow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 disposition | acl:relcl |
| 13 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 allows | obj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 leave | mark |
| 15 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 allows | xcomp |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 castle | nmod:poss |
| 17 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 leave | obj |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 make | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 make | cc |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 fear | case |
| 21 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 make | obl |
| 22 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 make | nsubj |
| 23 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 make | aux |
| 24 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 disposition | conj |
| 25 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 escape | nmod:poss |
| 26 | escape | escape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 make | obj |
| 27 | during | during | ADP | _ | 29 absence | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 absence | nmod:poss |
| 29 | absence | absence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 make | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 invariably | punct |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 invariably | nsubj |
| 32 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 24 make | advmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 going | punct |
| 34 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 35 going | mark |
| 35 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 make | advcl |
| 36 | out | out | ADP | _ | 35 going | compound:prt |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 places | punct |
| 38 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 going | obl |
| 39 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 flower | det |
| 40 | enchanted | enchant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 flower | amod |
| 41 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 places | appos |
| 42 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 44 ear | case |
| 43 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 ear | nmod:poss |
| 44 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 flower | nmod |
| 45 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 46 makes | nsubj |
| 46 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 flower | acl:relcl |
| 47 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 46 makes | obj |
| 48 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 makes | xcomp |
| 49 | into | into | ADP | _ | 51 trance | case |
| 50 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 51 trance | det |
| 51 | trance | trance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 fall | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 awake | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 awake | cc |
| 54 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 57 awake | nsubj |
| 55 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 57 awake | aux |
| 56 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 57 awake | advmod |
| 57 | awake | awake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 make | conj |
| 58 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 62 removed | mark |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 flower | det |
| 60 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 removed | nsubj:pass |
| 61 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 62 removed | aux:pass |
| 62 | removed | remove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 57 awake | advcl |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 disposition | punct |
| 64 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 disposition | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | doubt | of a jealous disposition | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not allow | present | a jealous disposition not said here | me | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer i=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | leave not said to happen | to-infinitive | me not said here | doubt's castle | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Theme | ||||
| 4 | make | should | I | my escape | during doubt's absence | for fear; invariably property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent escape=Product for fear=Asset | ||
| 5 | go out | gerund | I not said here | places | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | enchant | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 7 | make | present | a enchanted flower behind my ear | me | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | fall | infinitive | me not said here | into a trance result | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into trance=Result | ||||
| 9 | not awake | can | I | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 10 | remove | present · passive | the flower | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 11 | escape | my | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 12 | absent | doubt | nom absence «state transitive»: 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.
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