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title: Accordingly the Prince passed down the rows of lifeless bodies, drop… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: Accordingly the Prince passed down the rows of lifeless bodies, dropping as he went one drop of the magic liquid on each body; and as the liquor touched the body the life returned, and each person, as if awakened from a long sleep, moved and yawned, and finally sat up and began to talk and walk. Who
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 120

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Accordingly the Prince passed down the rows of lifeless bodies, dropping as he went one drop of the magic liquid on each body; and as the liquor touched the body the life returned, and each person, as if awakened from a long sleep, moved and yawned, and finally sat up and began to talk and walk.

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**Who acts:** Prince, drop, life · **What happens:** pass down, drop, go, touch, return, awaken · **To what, where:** rows, one drop, body, long sleep

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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, drop, life), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75000:17:120
# text = Accordingly the Prince passed down the rows of lifeless bodies, dropping as he went one drop of the magic liquid on each body; and as the liquor touched the body the life returned, and each person, as if awakened from a long sleep, moved and yawned, and finally sat up and began to talk and walk.
1	Accordingly	accordingly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rows	row	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	lifeless	lifeless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bodies	body	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	dropping	drop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
13	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
16	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
22	on	on	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	24	det	_	_
24	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
27	as	as	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	liquor	liquor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
30	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
35	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
38	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	39	det	_	_
39	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
41	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
42	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
43	awakened	awaken	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	conj	_	_
44	from	from	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
45	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
46	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
49	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	conj	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
51	yawned	yawn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
54	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	55	advmod	_	_
55	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
56	up	up	ADP	RP	_	55	compound:prt	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
58	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	conj	_	_
59	to	to	PART	TO	_	60	mark	_	_
60	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	xcomp	_	_
61	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
62	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	60	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass down** | past | the Prince | the rows of lifeless bodies |  |  |  | accordingly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme row=Trajectory |
| 2 | **drop** | gerund | the Prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | past | drop | one drop of the magic liquid on each body |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **touch** | past |  | the body |  |  |  | as the liquor; each person *conj* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme body=Co-Theme |
| 5 | **return** | past | the life |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **awaken** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle |  |  |  | a long sleep |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **move** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **yawn** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **sit up** | past |  |  |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **begin** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 11 | **talk** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 12 | **walk** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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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