--- title: “The first part of your task is now accomplished; but as I told you… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “The first part of your task is now accomplished; but as I told you before, it is still necessary to destroy the Ogre’s mascot, or he will come to life again in a short time. Who acts: wife, Ogre, your. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wife, Ogre, 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75000:17:100 # text = “The first part of your task is now accomplished; but as I told you before, it is still necessary to destroy the Ogre’s mascot, or he will come to life again in a short time. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 10 accomplished accomplish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 before before ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 expl _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 still still ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 csubj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Ogre Ogre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’s 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 mascot mascot NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 36 again again ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accomplish** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the first part of your task | | | now | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | wife | | you | | | before *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | still | necessary *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **destroy** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | the Ogre's mascot | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mascot=Patient | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | future | Ogre | | | life | again; time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to life=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **task** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom task «act 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. - ← previous: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/101/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/)