--- title: You must rap three times on this wall with the hilt of your sword, e… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: You must rap three times on this wall with the hilt of your sword, exclaiming with each rap, ‘Open, blank wall’; and as you pronounce these words for the third time the wall will fly asunder, and you will find yourself entering another subterranean chamber. Who acts: You, wall, yourself. 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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 (You, wall, yourself), 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:pg75000:17:102 # text = You must rap three times on this wall with the hilt of your sword, exclaiming with each rap, ‘Open, blank wall’; and as you pronounce these words for the third time the wall will fly asunder, and you will find yourself entering another subterranean chamber. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 rap rap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hilt hilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 exclaiming exclaim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 19 det _ _ 19 rap rap NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 blank blank ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 pronounce pronounce VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 32 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 37 amod _ _ 37 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 42 asunder asunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 48 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 47 obj _ _ 49 entering enter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 47 xcomp _ _ 50 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 52 det _ _ 51 subterranean subterranean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rap** | must | You | | | this wall | time | with the hilt of your sword | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with hilt=Co-Agent | | 2 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | gerund | You *not said here* | Open blank wall | | | | with each rap | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pronounce** | present | you | this words | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 4 | **fly** | future | the wall | asunder | | | time | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location asunder=Theme | | 5 | **find** | future | you | yourself | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent yourself=Attribute clause=Theme | | 6 | **enter** | gerund | yourself *not said here* | another subterranean chamber | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme chamber=Destination | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/103/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/)