Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 56
The young Prince was very much interested on hearing this story, and he begged the Princess to give him some further information about the Ogre’s habits, in order that he might not unawares fall into his power, and might eventually be able to bring about the destruction of the monster.
Who acts: young Prince, doubt · What happens: be, hear, beg, give, fall, bring · To what, where: story, Princess, further information, doubt, order, power · 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 (young Prince, doubt), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Prince | det |
| 2 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Prince | amod |
| 3 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 interested | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 interested | cop |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 much | advmod |
| 6 | much | much | ADV | _ | 7 interested | advmod |
| 7 | interested | interested | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 9 hearing | mark |
| 9 | hearing | hear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 interested | advcl |
| 10 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 story | det |
| 11 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hearing | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 begged | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 begged | cc |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 begged | nsubj |
| 15 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 interested | conj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Princess | det |
| 17 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 begged | obj |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 give | mark |
| 19 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 begged | ccomp |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 give | iobj |
| 21 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 23 information | det |
| 22 | further | further | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 information | amod |
| 23 | information | information | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 give | obj |
| 24 | about | about | ADP | _ | 28 habits | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Ogre | det |
| 26 | Ogre | Ogre | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 habits | nmod:poss |
| 27 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 26 Ogre | case |
| 28 | habits | habit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 information | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 order | punct |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 order | case |
| 31 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 give | obl |
| 32 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 37 fall | mark |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 fall | nsubj |
| 34 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 fall | aux |
| 35 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 36 unawares | advmod |
| 36 | unawares | unaware | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 fall | nsubj |
| 37 | fall | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 order | advcl |
| 38 | into | into | ADP | _ | 40 power | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 power | nmod:poss |
| 40 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 fall | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 able | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 able | cc |
| 43 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 able | aux |
| 44 | eventually | eventually | ADV | _ | 46 able | advmod |
| 45 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 46 able | cop |
| 46 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 interested | conj |
| 47 | to | to | PART | _ | 48 bring | mark |
| 48 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 able | xcomp |
| 49 | about | about | ADP | _ | 51 destruction | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 destruction | det |
| 51 | destruction | destruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 bring | obl |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 monster | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 monster | det |
| 54 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 destruction | nmod |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 interested | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the young Prince | interested property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hear | gerund | the young Prince not said here | this story | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | beg speech: request | past | doubt | the Princess | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | give not said to happen | to-infinitive | some further information | doubt | order | about the Ogre's habits | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient information=Theme | ||
| 5 | fall | might | doubt | into doubt's power result; unawares nsubj | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into power=Result | ||||
| 6 | is | might | the young Prince not said here | able, eventually property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | bring | to-infinitive | the young Prince not said here | about the destruction of the monster | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | destroy | the monster | nom destruction «act 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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