--- title: As the Ogre’s face touched the ground the first time the Prince drew… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: As the Ogre’s face touched the ground the first time the Prince drew his sword; as it touched the ground the second time he raised the sword above his head; and as it touched the ground the third and last time the Prince delivered a violent blow, completely severing the Ogre’s head from his body. 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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, ground, 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:pg75000:17:97 # text = As the Ogre’s face touched the ground the first time the Prince drew his sword; as it touched the ground the second time he raised the sword above his head; and as it touched the ground the third and last time the Prince delivered a violent blow, completely severing the Ogre’s head from his body. 1 As as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Ogre Ogre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’s 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 6 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 11 amod _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 25 amod _ _ 25 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 above above ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 41 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 44 amod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ _ 44 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 delivered deliver VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 violent violent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 completely completely ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 severing sever VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 Ogre Ogre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’s 's PART POS _ 55 case _ _ 57 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 58 from from ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | past | | the ground | | | | as the Ogre's face | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Co-Theme | | 2 | **draw** | past | the Prince | Ogre's sword | | | time | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 3 | **touch** | past | ground | the ground | | | time | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Co-Theme | | 4 | **raise** | past | Ogre | the sword | | Ogre's head | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sword=Theme above head=Destination | | 5 | **touch** | past | ground | the ground | | | time | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Co-Theme | | 6 | **deliver** | past | the Prince | a violent blow | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Patient | | 7 | **sever** | gerund | the Prince *not said here* | the Ogre's head | | Ogre's body | | completely *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent head=Theme from body=Initial\_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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/98/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/)