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title: Now it chanced that in a neighbouring country there lived a terrible… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: Now it chanced that in a neighbouring country there lived a terrible Ogre, who was an expert in magic and all the black arts; and it came to his ears that this King had offered a large reward if anyone could secure to him the birth of children for himself, his horse and his dog. Who acts: notice, ne
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 4

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Now it chanced that in a neighbouring country there lived a terrible Ogre, who was an expert in magic and all the black arts; and it came to his ears that this King had offered a large reward if anyone could secure to him the birth of children for himself, his horse and his dog.

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**Who acts:** notice, neighbouring country, terrible Ogre, anyone · **What happens:** chance, neighbour, live, be, come, offer · **To what, where:** terrible Ogre, expert, magic, ears, King, birth

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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 (notice, neighbouring country, terrible Ogre, anyone), 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:pg75000:17:4
# text = Now it chanced that in a neighbouring country there lived a terrible Ogre, who was an expert in magic and all the black arts; and it came to his ears that this King had offered a large reward if anyone could secure to him the birth of children for himself, his horse and his dog.
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chanced	chance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	neighbouring	neighbour	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
10	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	Ogre	ogre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	expert	expert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
22	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	25	det:predet	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	arts	art	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obl	_	_
33	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
34	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	35	det	_	_
35	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nsubj:pass	_	_
36	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
37	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	29	advcl	_	_
38	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
41	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
42	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	44	nsubj	_	_
43	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
44	secure	secure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	advcl	_	_
45	to	to	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	obl	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	nmod	_	_
51	for	for	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	50	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
54	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	conj	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
57	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	58	nmod:poss	_	_
58	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chance** | past | notice |  |  |  | now |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **neighbour** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **live** | past | a neighbouring country | a terrible Ogre |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme ogre=Location |
| 4 | **is a** | past | a terrible Ogre | a expert and all black arts |  | magic |  | all black arts *conj* | tree rules |
| 5 | **come** | past | notice |  |  | country's ears |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to ear=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **offer** | past · perfect · passive |  | this King |  |  |  | a large reward *obj* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal reward=Theme |
| 7 | **secure** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | anyone | the birth of children for country | country |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent birth=Patient to he=Co-Patient |

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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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