Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 60
You must know, then, that it is only possible for a human being to strike a mortal blow at the Ogre when his face is turned away.
Who acts: You, mascot · What happens: know, be, strike, turn away · To what, where: mortal blow, Ogre, face
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 (You, mascot), 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 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 know | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 know | aux |
| 3 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 then | punct |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 know | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 possible | punct |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 possible | mark |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 possible | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 possible | cop |
| 10 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 possible | advmod |
| 11 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 know | parataxis |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 a | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 possible | conj |
| 14 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 a | amod |
| 15 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 human | advcl |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 strike | mark |
| 17 | strike | strike | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 being | xcomp |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 blow | det |
| 19 | mortal | mortal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 blow | amod |
| 20 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 strike | obj |
| 21 | at | at | ADP | _ | 23 Ogre | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Ogre | det |
| 23 | Ogre | Ogre | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 blow | nmod |
| 24 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 28 turned | mark |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 face | nmod:poss |
| 26 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 turned | nsubj |
| 27 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 turned | aux:pass |
| 28 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 blow | acl:relcl |
| 29 | away | away | ADV | _ | 28 turned | advmod |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 know | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | must | You | then | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is | present | mascot | possible property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | strike | to-infinitive | mascot not said here | a mortal blow | the Ogre | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Patient | |||
| 4 | turn away | present · passive | Ogre's face | away property | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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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