--- title: The Prince’s curiosity was now thoroughly aroused, and he determined… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince’s curiosity was now thoroughly aroused, and he determined, in spite of the Ogre’s warning, to enter the house itself, and to discover what sort of place he had come to, so he pushed open the door of the castle and began wandering about all over the house. Who acts: Scarcely, Ogre. 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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 (Scarcely, 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75000:17:35 # text = The Prince’s curiosity was now thoroughly aroused, and he determined, in spite of the Ogre’s warning, to enter the house itself, and to discover what sort of place he had come to, so he pushed open the door of the castle and began wandering about all over the house. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 7 thoroughly thoroughly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 aroused arouse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Ogre Ogre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’s 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 25 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 31 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 32 det _ _ 32 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 43 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 51 wandering wonder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 50 xcomp _ _ 52 about about ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 53 all all ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 54 over over ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arouse** | past · passive | | the Prince's curiosity | | | now | thoroughly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **determine** | past | Scarcely | spite of the Ogre's warning | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spite=Topic | | 3 | **enter** | to-infinitive | Scarcely *not said here* | the house curiosity | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Destination | | 4 | **discover** | to-infinitive | | what sort of place | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sort=Topic | | 5 | **come** | past · perfect | Scarcely | place *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location place=Theme | | 6 | **push** | past | Scarcely | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **open** | infinitive | Scarcely *not said here* | the door of the castle | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 8 | **begin** | past | Scarcely *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | Scarcely *not said here* | | | | | about the house | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about house=Stimulus | | 10 | **spite** | | | the Ogre's warning | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **warn** | | the Ogre | | | | | | nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **sort** | | | place | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/36/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/)