--- title: But he is of a very jealous disposition, and never allows me to leav… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: But he is of a very jealous disposition, and never allows me to leave his castle; and for fear I should make my escape during his absence, he invariably, before going out, places an enchanted flower behind my ear which makes me fall into a trance, and I cannot awake until the flower is removed.” Who --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/55/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Folk tales from Tibet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/) / [The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/) / 55 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 55 But he is of a very jealous disposition, and never allows me to leave his castle; and for fear I should make my escape during his absence, he invariably, before going out, places an enchanted flower behind my ear which makes me fall into a trance, and I cannot awake until the flower is removed.” **Who acts:** doubt, jealous disposition, me, I, enchanted flower, my · **What happens:** be, not allow, leave, make, go out, enchant · **To what, where:** me, castle, escape, places, trance, flower 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 (doubt, jealous disposition, me, I), 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:pg75000:17:55 # text = But he is of a very jealous disposition, and never allows me to leave his castle; and for fear I should make my escape during his absence, he invariably, before going out, places an enchanted flower behind my ear which makes me fall into a trance, and I cannot awake until the flower is removed.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 disposition disposition NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 allows allow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 escape escape NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 during during ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 invariably invariably ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 before before SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 36 out out ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 39 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 amod _ _ 41 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 appos _ _ 42 behind behind ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 46 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 into into ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 trance trance NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 55 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 56 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 57 advmod _ _ 57 awake awake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 58 until until SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj:pass _ _ 61 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux:pass _ _ 62 removed remove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | doubt | | | | | of a jealous disposition | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **allow** | present | a jealous disposition *not said here* | me | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer i=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | doubt's castle | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Theme | | 4 | **make** | should | I | my escape | | | during doubt's absence | for fear; invariably *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent escape=Product for fear=Asset | | 5 | **go out** | gerund | I *not said here* | places | | | | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **make** | present | a enchanted flower behind my ear | me | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **fall** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | into a trance *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into trance=Result | | 9 | **not** **awake** | can | I | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **remove** | present · passive | | the flower | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 11 | **escape** | | my | | | | | | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **absent** | | doubt | | | | | | nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/56/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/)