Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 78

But he went so fast that the Prince, although he had his knife ready in his hand, was unable to catch him; and the Ogre, seeing that the Prince was not to be outwitted by this stratagem, went upstairs to his wife, leaving the young man locked up in the kitchen, where he spent the night alone.

Who acts: Ogre, young man · What happens: go, have, be, catch, see, not be · To what, where: Prince, knife, Ogre, young man, kitchen · 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, young man), 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	_	3 went	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 fast	advmod
5	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 went	advmod
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 Prince	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Prince	det
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 had	punct
10	although	although	SCONJ	_	12 had	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 had	nsubj
12	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	parataxis
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 knife	nmod:poss
14	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 had	obj
15	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 had	xcomp
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 hand	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 hand	nmod:poss
18	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ready	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 unable	punct
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 unable	cop
21	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 had	conj
22	to	to	PART	_	23 catch	mark
23	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 unable	xcomp
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 catch	obj
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 went	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 went	cc
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 Ogre	det
28	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 went	nsubj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 seeing	punct
30	seeing	see	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	28 Ogre	acl
31	that	that	SCONJ	_	38 outwitted	mark
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 Prince	det
33	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 outwitted	nsubj
34	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 outwitted	cop
35	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	38 outwitted	advmod
36	to	to	PART	_	38 outwitted	mark
37	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	38 outwitted	aux:pass
38	outwitted	outwit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 seeing	ccomp
39	by	by	ADP	_	41 stratagem	case
40	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	41 stratagem	det
41	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 outwitted	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 Ogre	punct
43	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
44	upstairs	upstairs	ADV	_	43 went	advmod
45	to	to	ADP	_	47 wife	case
46	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 wife	nmod:poss
47	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 went	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 leaving	punct
49	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	43 went	advcl
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 man	det
51	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 man	amod
52	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 leaving	obj
53	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 leaving	xcomp
54	up	up	ADP	_	53 locked	compound:prt
55	in	in	ADP	_	57 kitchen	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 kitchen	det
57	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 locked	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 spent	punct
59	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	61 spent	advmod
60	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 spent	nsubj
61	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 kitchen	acl:relcl
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 night	det
63	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 spent	obj
64	alone	alone	ADV	_	61 spent	advmod
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	Ogre	the Prince			fast property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	past	Ogre	Ogre's knife			ready property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Patient
3	is	past	Ogre not said here				unable property	tree rules
4	catch	to-infinitive	Ogre not said here	Ogre				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
5	see	gerund	the Ogre not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
6	not is	past · passive		the Prince			by this stratagem; outwit property	tree rules
7	go	past	the Ogre				to Ogre's wife; upstairs property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to wife=Initial_Location
8	leave	gerund	the Ogre not said here	the young man				tree rules
9	lock up	participle	the young man not said here		the kitchen			vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
10	spend	past	Ogre			night	alone property	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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🌲 Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 78

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Pragmatics

Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 78