--- title: It will not do, however, absolutely to disobey his orders; but you m… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: It will not do, however, absolutely to disobey his orders; but you must explain to him that, being a Prince, you have never had to kow-tow to anybody and do not exactly know how to do it, and you must ask him to show you the proper way to proceed. Who acts: injury, you, Ogre. 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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 (injury, you, Ogre), 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:pg75000:17:87 # text = It will not do, however, absolutely to disobey his orders; but you must explain to him that, being a Prince, you have never had to kow-tow to anybody and do not exactly know how to do it, and you must ask him to show you the proper way to proceed. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 however however ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 absolutely absolutely ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 disobey disobey VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 explain explain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 cop _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 parataxis _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 kow kow NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 tow tow NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 anybody anybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 33 nmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 do do AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 39 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 41 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 iobj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 proceed proceed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | future | injury | | | | | however *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **disobey** | to-infinitive | | Ogre's orders | | | | absolutely *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **explain** *speech: assert* | must | you | that | Ogre | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Topic to he=Recipient | | 4 | **is a** | gerund | | a Prince | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **have** | present · perfect | you | | | | | to kow tow to anybody | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **know** | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | exactly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **do** | to-infinitive | | injury | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 8 | **ask** *speech: ask* | must | you | | Ogre | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **show** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the proper way | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient way=Topic | | 10 | **proceed** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the proper way *not said here* | | | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **order** | | Ogre | | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/88/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/)