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title: The young Prince was very much interested on hearing this story, and… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: The young Prince was very much interested on hearing this story, and he begged the Princess to give him some further information about the Ogre’s habits, in order that he might not unawares fall into his power, and might eventually be able to bring about the destruction of the monster. Who acts: you
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 56

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The young Prince was very much interested on hearing this story, and he begged the Princess to give him some further information about the Ogre’s habits, in order that he might not unawares fall into his power, and might eventually be able to bring about the destruction of the monster.

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**Who acts:** young Prince, doubt · **What happens:** be, hear, beg, give, fall, bring · **To what, where:** story, Princess, further information, doubt, order, power · **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 (young Prince, doubt), 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:pg75000:17:56
# text = The young Prince was very much interested on hearing this story, and he begged the Princess to give him some further information about the Ogre’s habits, in order that he might not unawares fall into his power, and might eventually be able to bring about the destruction of the monster.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	much	much	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	interested	interested	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	ccomp	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	iobj	_	_
21	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	23	det	_	_
22	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
24	about	about	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	’s	's	PART	POS	_	26	case	_	_
28	habits	habit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
32	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
33	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
34	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
35	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	36	advmod	_	_
36	unawares	unaware	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nsubj	_	_
37	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	31	advcl	_	_
38	into	into	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
43	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
44	eventually	eventually	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
45	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	cop	_	_
46	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
48	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	xcomp	_	_
49	about	about	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	destruction	destruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the young Prince |  |  |  |  | interested *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | gerund | the young Prince *not said here* | this story |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus |
| 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | doubt |  | the Princess |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 4 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | some further information | doubt | order |  | about the Ogre's habits | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient information=Theme |
| 5 | **fall** | might | doubt |  |  |  |  | into doubt's power *result*; unawares *nsubj* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into power=Result |
| 6 | **is** | might | the young Prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  | able, eventually *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **bring** | to-infinitive | the young Prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the destruction of the monster | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **destroy** |  |  | the monster |  |  |  |  | nom destruction «act transitive»: of=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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