Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 72
He had now discarded his lama costume and appeared in his proper form, and riding up to the Prince he asked him in an angry tone whether he had carried out the orders he had received, and on the Prince replying in the affirmative, the Ogre ordered him to come into the kitchen.
Who acts: Ogre, Prince · What happens: discard, appear, ride up, ask, carry out, receive · To what, where: lama costume, proper form, back, angry tone, orders, affirmative · 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 (Ogre, Prince), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 discarded | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 discarded | aux |
| 3 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 discarded | advmod |
| 4 | discarded | discard | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 costume | nmod:poss |
| 6 | lama | lama | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 costume | compound |
| 7 | costume | costume | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 discarded | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 appeared | cc |
| 9 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 discarded | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 form | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 form | nmod:poss |
| 12 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 form | amod |
| 13 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 appeared | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 asked | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 asked | cc |
| 16 | riding | ride | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 asked | csubj |
| 17 | up | up | ADP | _ | 16 riding | compound:prt |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 Prince | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Prince | det |
| 20 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 riding | obl |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 asked | nsubj |
| 22 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 appeared | conj |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 asked | iobj |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 tone | case |
| 25 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 tone | det |
| 26 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 tone | amod |
| 27 | tone | tone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 asked | obl |
| 28 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 31 carried | mark |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 carried | nsubj |
| 30 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 carried | aux |
| 31 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 22 asked | advcl |
| 32 | out | out | ADP | _ | 31 carried | compound:prt |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 orders | det |
| 34 | orders | order | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 received | nsubj:pass |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 received | nsubj |
| 36 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 received | aux |
| 37 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 carried | conj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 ordered | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 ordered | cc |
| 40 | on | on | ADP | _ | 42 Prince | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Prince | det |
| 42 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 ordered | nsubj |
| 43 | replying | reply | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 42 Prince | acl |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 affirmative | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 affirmative | det |
| 46 | affirmative | affirmative | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 replying | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 ordered | punct |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 Ogre | det |
| 49 | Ogre | Ogre | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 ordered | nsubj |
| 50 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 appeared | parataxis |
| 51 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 ordered | obj |
| 52 | to | to | PART | _ | 53 come | mark |
| 53 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 50 ordered | xcomp |
| 54 | into | into | ADP | _ | 56 kitchen | case |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 kitchen | det |
| 56 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 come | obl |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 discarded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | discard | past · perfect | Ogre | Ogre's lama costume | now | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent costume=Theme | |||
| 2 | appear | past | Ogre not said here | Ogre's proper form | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in form=Location | ||||
| 3 | ride up | gerund | to the Prince | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to prince=Trajectory | |||||
| 4 | ask speech: ask | past | Ogre | back | a angry tone | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | |||
| 5 | carry out | past · perfect | Ogre | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | receive | past · perfect · passive | the orders | Ogre nsubj | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 7 | reply speech: assert | gerund | the Prince not said here | the affirmative | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | order | past | the Prince | Ogre | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 9 | come not said to happen | to-infinitive | the Prince not said here | the kitchen | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into kitchen=Initial_Location | ||||
| 10 | form | Ogre | nom form «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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