--- title: When he gives you these orders, then, you must not disobey, but you… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: When he gives you these orders, then, you must not disobey, but you must tell the Ogre that it is so dark in the kitchen that you cannot see your way clearly, and you must ask him to precede you. Who acts: back, you, thing. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (back, you, thing), 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:pg75000:17:64 # text = When he gives you these orders, then, you must not disobey, but you must tell the Ogre that it is so dark in the kitchen that you cannot see your way clearly, and you must ask him to precede you. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 disobey disobey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 ccomp _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obj _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl:relcl _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 precede precede VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | back | this orders | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient order=Theme | | 2 | **not** **disobey** | must | you | | | | then | | tree rules | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | must | you | the Ogre | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ogre=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | present | thing | | | the kitchen | | dark *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **see** | can | you | the kitchen | | | | your way *obj*; clearly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | must | you | | back | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **precede** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | you | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme you=Co-Theme | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/65/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/)