--- title: The Prince promised to obey the lady’s orders, and after again sendi… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince promised to obey the lady’s orders, and after again sending her into a trance by placing the magic flower behind her ear, he returned to the courtyard and awaited the Ogre’s return. Who acts: Prince, Ogre, lady. 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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 (Prince, Ogre, lady), 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:pg75000:17:90 # text = The Prince promised to obey the lady’s orders, and after again sending her into a trance by placing the magic flower behind her ear, he returned to the courtyard and awaited the Ogre’s return. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 after after SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 again again ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 sending send VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 trance trance NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 by by SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 placing place VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 behind behind ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 awaited await VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Ogre Ogre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’s 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **obey** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | the lady's orders | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | | 3 | **send** | gerund | the Prince *not said here* | wife | | a trance | again | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 4 | **place** | gerund | the Prince *not said here* | the magic flower | | wife's ear | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent flower=Theme behind ear=Destination | | 5 | **return** | past | Ogre | | | | | to the courtyard *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to courtyard=Result | | 6 | **await** | past | Ogre *not said here* | the Ogre's return | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **order** | | the lady | | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **return** | | the Ogre | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/91/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/)