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title: The Prince told her the whole story of his miraculous birth through… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: The Prince told her the whole story of his miraculous birth through the magic of the holy Lama, and how he was condemned to serve the Lama as his servant through the agreement which the King his father had made, and how he had carried out the two tasks which the Lama had given him that day. Who acts
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 44

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The Prince told her the whole story of his miraculous birth through the magic of the holy Lama, and how he was condemned to serve the Lama as his servant through the agreement which the King his father had made, and how he had carried out the two tasks which the Lama had given him that day.

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**Who acts:** Prince, Scarcely · **What happens:** tell, condemn, serve, make, carry out, give · **To what, where:** whole story, goat, Scarcely, Lama, agreement, King · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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, Scarcely), 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:pg75000:17:44
# text = The Prince told her the whole story of his miraculous birth through the magic of the holy Lama, and how he was condemned to serve the Lama as his servant through the agreement which the King his father had made, and how he had carried out the two tasks which the Lama had given him that day.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	miraculous	miraculous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	through	through	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	Lama	Lama	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
21	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	24	advmod	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
23	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	condemned	condemn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	advcl	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	Lama	Lama	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
29	as	as	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
32	through	through	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	agreement	agreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
35	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	41	obj	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	nsubj:pass	_	_
38	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nsubj	_	_
40	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
41	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	34	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
44	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	47	advmod	_	_
45	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
46	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
47	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
48	out	out	ADP	RP	_	47	compound:prt	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	51	nummod	_	_
51	tasks	task	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	obj	_	_
52	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	56	obj	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	Lama	Lama	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	56	nsubj:pass	_	_
55	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
56	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	51	acl:relcl	_	_
57	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	iobj	_	_
58	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	59	det	_	_
59	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Prince | the whole story of Scarcely's miraculous birth through the magic of the holy Lama | goat |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient story=Topic |
| 2 | **condemn** | past · passive |  | Scarcely |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **serve** | to-infinitive |  | the Lama |  | the agreement |  | as Scarcely's servant | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent lama=Duration as servant=Attribute |
| 4 | **make** | past · perfect · passive |  | the King |  |  |  | the agreement *obj*; Scarcely's father *nsubj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary which=Product |
| 5 | **carry out** | past · perfect | Scarcely | the two tasks |  |  |  |  | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Eventuality |
| 6 | **give** | past · perfect · passive |  | the Lama | Scarcely |  | day | the two tasks *obj* | tree rules |

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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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