Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 97
As the Ogre’s face touched the ground the first time the Prince drew his sword; as it touched the ground the second time he raised the sword above his head; and as it touched the ground the third and last time the Prince delivered a violent blow, completely severing the Ogre’s head from his body.
Who acts: Prince, ground, Ogre · What happens: touch, draw, raise, deliver, sever · To what, where: ground, sword, head, violent blow, body
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 (Prince, ground, Ogre), 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 | As | as | ADP | _ | 5 face | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Ogre | det |
| 3 | Ogre | Ogre | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 face | nmod:poss |
| 4 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 3 Ogre | case |
| 5 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 touched | obl |
| 6 | touched | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ground | det |
| 8 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 touched | obj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 time | det |
| 10 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 11 time | amod |
| 11 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 drew | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Prince | det |
| 13 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 drew | nsubj |
| 14 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 touched | parataxis |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 sword | nmod:poss |
| 16 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 drew | obj |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 touched | punct |
| 18 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 20 touched | mark |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 touched | nsubj |
| 20 | touched | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 drew | conj |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 ground | det |
| 22 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 touched | obj |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 time | det |
| 24 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 25 time | amod |
| 25 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 touched | obl:unmarked |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 raised | nsubj |
| 27 | raised | raise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 time | acl:relcl |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 sword | det |
| 29 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 raised | obj |
| 30 | above | above | ADP | _ | 32 head | case |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 head | nmod:poss |
| 32 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 sword | nmod |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 touched | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 touched | cc |
| 35 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 37 touched | mark |
| 36 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 touched | nsubj |
| 37 | touched | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 touched | parataxis |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 ground | det |
| 39 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 touched | obj |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 time | det |
| 41 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 44 time | amod |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 last | cc |
| 43 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 third | conj |
| 44 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 touched | obl:unmarked |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 Prince | det |
| 46 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 delivered | nsubj |
| 47 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 touched | conj |
| 48 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 blow | det |
| 49 | violent | violent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 blow | amod |
| 50 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 delivered | obj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 severing | punct |
| 52 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 53 severing | advmod |
| 53 | severing | sever | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 47 delivered | advcl |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 Ogre | det |
| 55 | Ogre | Ogre | PROPN | Number=Sing | 57 head | nmod:poss |
| 56 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 55 Ogre | case |
| 57 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 severing | obj |
| 58 | from | from | ADP | _ | 60 body | case |
| 59 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 body | nmod:poss |
| 60 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 severing | obl |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 touched | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | touch | past | the ground | as the Ogre's face | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | draw | past | the Prince | Ogre's sword | time | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | |||
| 3 | touch | past | ground | the ground | time | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Co-Theme | |||
| 4 | raise | past | Ogre | the sword | Ogre's head | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sword=Theme above head=Destination | |||
| 5 | touch | past | ground | the ground | time | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Co-Theme | |||
| 6 | deliver | past | the Prince | a violent blow | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Patient | ||||
| 7 | sever | gerund | the Prince not said here | the Ogre's head | Ogre's body | completely property | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent head=Theme from body=Initial_Location |
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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