--- title: The Ogre was very angry at hearing this, but he was unable to refuse… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The Ogre was very angry at hearing this, but he was unable to refuse, so he started off and ran round the stove three times, the Prince following closely at his heels. Who acts: Ogre, Prince. 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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 (Ogre, Prince), 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:pg75000:17:77 # text = The Ogre was very angry at hearing this, but he was unable to refuse, so he started off and ran round the stove three times, the Prince following closely at his heels. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Ogre Ogre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 at at SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 20 off off ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 23 round round ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 stove stove NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 31 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 32 closely closely ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Ogre | | | | | the Prince *parataxis*; angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | gerund | the Ogre *not said here* | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | Ogre | | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **refuse** | to-infinitive | Ogre *not said here* | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **start off** | past | Ogre | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **run** | past | Ogre *not said here* | | | the stove | time | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round stove=Trajectory | | 7 | **follow** | gerund | the Prince *not said here* | | | Ogre's heels | | closely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at heel=Location | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/78/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/)