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title: But he went so fast that the Prince, although he had his knife ready… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: But he went so fast that the Prince, although he had his knife ready in his hand, was unable to catch him; and the Ogre, seeing that the Prince was not to be outwitted by this stratagem, went upstairs to his wife, leaving the young man locked up in the kitchen, where he spent the night alone. Who ac
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 78

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But he went so fast that the Prince, although he had his knife ready in his hand, was unable to catch him; and the Ogre, seeing that the Prince was not to be outwitted by this stratagem, went upstairs to his wife, leaving the young man locked up in the kitchen, where he spent the night alone.

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**Who acts:** Ogre, young man · **What happens:** go, have, be, catch, see, not be · **To what, where:** Prince, knife, Ogre, young man, kitchen · **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 (Ogre, young man), 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:pg75000:17:78
# text = But he went so fast that the Prince, although he had his knife ready in his hand, was unable to catch him; and the Ogre, seeing that the Prince was not to be outwitted by this stratagem, went upstairs to his wife, leaving the young man locked up in the kitchen, where he spent the night alone.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	_	_
24	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
30	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	28	acl	_	_
31	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	38	mark	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	nsubj	_	_
34	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	cop	_	_
35	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	38	advmod	_	_
36	to	to	PART	TO	_	38	mark	_	_
37	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	aux:pass	_	_
38	outwitted	outwit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	ccomp	_	_
39	by	by	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	41	det	_	_
41	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
43	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
44	upstairs	upstairs	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
45	to	to	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
49	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	43	advcl	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
51	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	_
53	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	49	xcomp	_	_
54	up	up	ADP	RP	_	53	compound:prt	_	_
55	in	in	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
59	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	61	advmod	_	_
60	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	61	nsubj	_	_
61	spent	spend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	57	acl:relcl	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obj	_	_
64	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | Ogre | the Prince |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | Ogre | Ogre's knife |  |  |  | ready *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | past | Ogre *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **catch** | to-infinitive | Ogre *not said here* | Ogre |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 5 | **see** | gerund | the Ogre *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 6 | **not** **is** | past · passive |  | the Prince |  |  |  | by this stratagem; outwit *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **go** | past | the Ogre |  |  |  |  | to Ogre's wife; upstairs *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to wife=Initial\_Location |
| 8 | **leave** | gerund | the Ogre *not said here* | the young man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **lock up** | participle | the young man *not said here* |  |  | the kitchen |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 10 | **spend** | past | Ogre |  |  |  | night | alone *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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