Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 63
When he comes in this evening and finds that you have fulfilled both the tasks he has set you, the first thing he will order you to do will be to walk three times round a great stove which stands in the centre of the kitchen; and if you obey his orders he will follow you from behind and will possibly do you some harm while your back is turned towards him.
Who acts: face, you, first thing, great stove · What happens: come, find, fulfil, set, order, do · To what, where: tasks, first thing, you, great stove, centre, orders · 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 (face, you, first thing, great stove), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 comes | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 comes | nsubj |
| 3 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 57 follow | advcl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 evening | case |
| 5 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 evening | det |
| 6 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 comes | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 finds | cc |
| 8 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 comes | conj |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 fulfilled | mark |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 fulfilled | nsubj |
| 11 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 fulfilled | aux |
| 12 | fulfilled | fulfil | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 finds | ccomp |
| 13 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 18 set | cc:preconj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 tasks | det |
| 15 | tasks | task | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 set | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 set | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 set | aux |
| 18 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 fulfilled | ccomp |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 set | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 thing | punct |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 thing | det |
| 22 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 23 thing | amod |
| 23 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 will | nsubj |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 order | nsubj |
| 25 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 order | aux |
| 26 | order | order | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 thing | acl:relcl |
| 27 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 26 order | obj |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 do | mark |
| 29 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 order | xcomp |
| 30 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 fulfilled | advcl |
| 31 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 will | xcomp |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 walk | mark |
| 33 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 be | xcomp |
| 34 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 35 times | nummod |
| 35 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 walk | obl:unmarked |
| 36 | round | round | ADP | _ | 39 stove | case |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 stove | det |
| 38 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 stove | amod |
| 39 | stove | stove | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 walk | obl |
| 40 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 stands | nsubj |
| 41 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 stove | acl:relcl |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 centre | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 centre | det |
| 44 | centre | centre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 stands | obl |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 kitchen | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 kitchen | det |
| 47 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 centre | nmod |
| 48 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 57 follow | punct |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 follow | cc |
| 50 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 52 obey | mark |
| 51 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 52 obey | nsubj |
| 52 | obey | obey | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 57 follow | advcl |
| 53 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 orders | nmod:poss |
| 54 | orders | order | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 obey | obj |
| 55 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 follow | nsubj |
| 56 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 57 follow | aux |
| 57 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 58 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 57 follow | obj |
| 59 | from | from | ADP | _ | 60 behind | case |
| 60 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 57 follow | obl |
| 61 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 do | cc |
| 62 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 64 do | aux |
| 63 | possibly | possibly | ADV | _ | 64 do | advmod |
| 64 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 57 follow | conj |
| 65 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 64 do | iobj |
| 66 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 67 harm | det |
| 67 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 do | obj |
| 68 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 72 turned | mark |
| 69 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 70 back | nmod:poss |
| 70 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 turned | nsubj:pass |
| 71 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 72 turned | aux:pass |
| 72 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 64 do | advcl |
| 73 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 74 him | case |
| 74 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 72 turned | obl |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 57 follow | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | face | evening | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | find | present | face not said here | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | fulfil | present · perfect | you | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | set | present · perfect · passive | the tasks | face nsubj:pass; you obj | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme you=Destination | ||||
| 5 | order | future | face | the first thing not said here | you | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 6 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | the first thing not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | be | infinitive | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | walk | to-infinitive | you not said here | a great stove | time | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round stove=Trajectory | |||
| 9 | stand | present | a great stove | the centre of the kitchen | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in centre=Location | ||||
| 10 | obey a condition, not said to happen | present | you | face's orders | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | ||||
| 11 | follow | future | face | you | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent you=Theme from behind=Trajectory | ||||
| 12 | do | future | face not said here | some harm | you | possibly property | tree rules | ||
| 13 | turn | present · passive | your back | towards face | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme towards he=Trajectory | ||||
| 14 | order | face | nom order «communication 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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