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title: When he comes in this evening and finds that you have fulfilled both… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 63

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When he comes in this evening and finds that you have fulfilled both the tasks he has set you, the first thing he will order you to do will be to walk three times round a great stove which stands in the centre of the kitchen; and if you obey his orders he will follow you from behind and will possibly do you some harm while your back is turned towards him.

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**Who acts:** face, you, first thing, great stove · **What happens:** come, find, fulfil, set, order, do · **To what, where:** tasks, first thing, you, great stove, centre, orders · **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 (face, you, first thing, great stove), 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:pg75000:17:63
# text = When he comes in this evening and finds that you have fulfilled both the tasks he has set you, the first thing he will order you to do will be to walk three times round a great stove which stands in the centre of the kitchen; and if you obey his orders he will follow you from behind and will possibly do you some harm while your back is turned towards him.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	57	advcl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	fulfilled	fulfil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	ccomp	_	_
13	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc:preconj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	tasks	task	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	ccomp	_	_
19	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	23	amod	_	_
23	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
25	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
26	order	order	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	acl:relcl	_	_
27	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	26	obj	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	xcomp	_	_
30	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
31	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	xcomp	_	_
32	to	to	PART	TO	_	33	mark	_	_
33	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	xcomp	_	_
34	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	35	nummod	_	_
35	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obl:unmarked	_	_
36	round	round	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	stove	stove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
40	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	41	nsubj	_	_
41	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	acl:relcl	_	_
42	in	in	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
50	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	52	mark	_	_
51	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
52	obey	obey	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	57	advcl	_	_
53	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	54	nmod:poss	_	_
54	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	obj	_	_
55	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	nsubj	_	_
56	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	57	aux	_	_
57	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
58	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	57	obj	_	_
59	from	from	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	57	obl	_	_
61	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	64	cc	_	_
62	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	64	aux	_	_
63	possibly	possibly	ADV	RB	_	64	advmod	_	_
64	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	57	conj	_	_
65	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	64	iobj	_	_
66	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	67	det	_	_
67	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obj	_	_
68	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	72	mark	_	_
69	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	70	nmod:poss	_	_
70	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	nsubj:pass	_	_
71	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	72	aux:pass	_	_
72	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	64	advcl	_	_
73	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
74	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	72	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	57	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | face |  |  |  | evening |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | present | face *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **fulfil** | present · perfect | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **set** | present · perfect · passive |  | the tasks |  |  |  | face *nsubj:pass*; you *obj* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme you=Destination |
| 5 | **order** | future | face | the first thing *not said here* | you |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 6 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the first thing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **be** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **walk** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | a great stove | time |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round stove=Trajectory |
| 9 | **stand** | present | a great stove |  |  | the centre of the kitchen |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in centre=Location |
| 10 | **obey** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | face's orders |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme |
| 11 | **follow** | future | face | you |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent you=Theme from behind=Trajectory |
| 12 | **do** | future | face *not said here* | some harm | you |  |  | possibly *property* | tree rules |
| 13 | **turn** | present · passive |  | your back |  |  |  | towards face | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme towards he=Trajectory |
| 14 | **order** |  | face |  |  |  |  |  | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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