--- title: “These,” said the lady, “are the bodies of the Ogre’s victims; he ha… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “These,” said the lady, “are the bodies of the Ogre’s victims; he has eaten their hearts, but the bodies, as you see, remain unharmed, while the spirit of each one is compressed into a drop of crystal liquor with which that goblet is filled. Who acts: These, Ogre, you. 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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 (These, Ogre, you), 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:pg75000:17:118 # text = “These,” said the lady, “are the bodies of the Ogre’s victims; he has eaten their hearts, but the bodies, as you see, remain unharmed, while the spirit of each one is compressed into a drop of crystal liquor with which that goblet is filled. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 These this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Ogre Ogre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 victims victim NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 remain remain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 34 unharmed unharmed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 36 while while SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 41 det _ _ 41 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 compressed compress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 drop drop NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 crystal crystal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 liquor liquor NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 obl _ _ 52 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 goblet goblet NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | These | the lady and the bodies | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lady=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | These *not said here* | the bodies | | | | of the Ogre's victims | tree rules | | 3 | **eat** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Ogre | bodies's hearts | | | | the bodies *conj* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **remain** *in a quote* | present | you *not said here* | | | | | unharmed *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **compress** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the spirit of each one | | | | into a drop of crystal liquor *result* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into drop=Result | | 7 | **fill** *in a quote* | present · passive | | that goblet | | | | with crystal liquor | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with which=Instrument | 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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/119/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/)