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Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 88

He cannot refuse your request, and you must take the opportunity of stabbing him or cutting off his head whilst he is lying on his face before you.

Who acts: Ogre, you, opportunity, your · What happens: not refuse, take, stab, cut off, lie, request · To what, where: request, opportunity, Ogre, head, 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 (Ogre, you, opportunity, your), 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

nsubjauxadvmodnmod:possobjpunctccnsubjauxconjdetobjmarkaclobjccconjcompound:prtnmod:possobjmarknsubjauxadvclcasenmod:possoblcaseoblpunctrootHePRONcanAUXnotPARTrefuseVERByourPRONrequestNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJyouPRONmustAUXtakeVERBtheDETopportunityNOUNofSCONJstabbingVERBhimPRONorCCONJcuttingVERBoffADPhisPRONheadNOUNwhilstSCONJhePRONisAUXlyingVERBonADPhisPRONfaceNOUNbeforeADPyouPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 refusensubj
2cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin4 refuseaux
3notnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 refuseadvmod
4refuserefuseVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 requestnmod:poss
6requestrequestNOUNNumber=Sing4 refuseobj
7,,PUNCT_11 takepunct
8andandCCONJ_11 takecc
9youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs11 takensubj
10mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin11 takeaux
11taketakeVERBVerbForm=Inf4 refuseconj
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 opportunitydet
13opportunityopportunityNOUNNumber=Sing11 takeobj
14ofofSCONJ_15 stabbingmark
15stabbingstabVERBVerbForm=Ger13 opportunityacl
16himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 stabbingobj
17ororCCONJ_18 cuttingcc
18cuttingcutVERBVerbForm=Ger15 stabbingconj
19offoffADP_18 cuttingcompound:prt
20hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 headnmod:poss
21headheadNOUNNumber=Sing18 cuttingobj
22whilstwhilstSCONJ_25 lyingmark
23hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 lyingnsubj
24isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin25 lyingaux
25lyinglieVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part11 takeadvcl
26ononADP_28 facecase
27hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs28 facenmod:poss
28facefaceNOUNNumber=Sing25 lyingobl
29beforebeforeADP_30 youcase
30youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs25 lyingobl
31..PUNCT_4 refusepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not refusecanOgreyour requestvn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Theme
2takemustyouthe opportunityvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme
3stabgerundthe opportunity not said hereOgrevn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
4cut offgerundthe opportunity not said hereOgre's headvn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality
5liepresent · progressiveOgreOgre's facebefore youvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on face=Location
6requestyournom request «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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