--- title: “It is very difficult,” replied the Princess, “for any human being t… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “It is very difficult,” replied the Princess, “for any human being to kill the Ogre, for he is of a supernatural nature, and even if you were to cut off his head he would come to life again at once, unless you could also destroy his ‘mascot’ [6]—that is to say, the object upon the preservation of wh --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/57/) [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/) / 57 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 57 “It is very difficult,” replied the Princess, “for any human being to kill the Ogre, for he is of a supernatural nature, and even if you were to cut off his head he would come to life again at once, unless you could also destroy his ‘mascot’ \[6\]—that is to say, the object upon the preservation of which his life in this world depends. **Who acts:** difficult, Ogre, you, that, life · **What happens:** be, reply, kill, cut off, come, destroy · **To what, where:** Ogre, head, life, mascot · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (difficult, Ogre, you, that), 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:pg75000:17:57 # text = “It is very difficult,” replied the Princess, “for any human being to kill the Ogre, for he is of a supernatural nature, and even if you were to cut off his head he would come to life again at once, unless you could also destroy his ‘mascot’ [6]—that is to say, the object upon the preservation of which his life in this world depends. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 expl _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 14 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 15 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 16 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 cop _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Ogre Ogre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 supernatural supernatural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 31 even even ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 parataxis _ _ 37 off off ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 45 again again ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 also also ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 55 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 mascot mascot NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 53 punct _ _ 58 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 — - PUNCT : _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 65 nsubj:outer _ _ 63 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 cop _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ _ 69 upon upon ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 preservation preservation NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 79 obl _ _ 74 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 75 nmod:poss _ _ 75 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 nsubj _ _ 76 in in ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 78 det _ _ 78 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nmod _ _ 79 depends depend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 71 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | difficult *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | difficult | | | | | the Princess *nsubj* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **kill** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Ogre *not said here* | the Ogre | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ogre=Theme | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund | Ogre | | | | | for any human supernatural nature | tree rules | | 5 | **cut off** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | you | Ogre's head | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | would | Ogre | | | life | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to life=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **destroy** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | could | you | Ogre's mascot | | | | 6 *obl* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mascot=Patient | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | the object *obj*; say *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **depend** *in a quote* | present | Ogre's life in this world | | | | | of the preservation | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/58/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/)