--- title: “You must know,” said she, “that the place where you now find yourse… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “You must know,” said she, “that the place where you now find yourself is the abode of a terrible and blood-thirsty Ogre, and that I, who am human like yourself, was captured by him some time ago, and he proposes shortly to make me his wife. Who acts: You, girl, place, 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 (You, girl, place, 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:pg75000:22:52 # text = “You must know,” said she, “that the place where you now find yourself is the abode of a terrible and blood-thirsty Ogre, and that I, who am human like yourself, was captured by him some time ago, and he proposes shortly to make me his wife. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 17 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 obj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 abode abode NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 24 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 29 Ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 36 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 advcl _ _ 38 like like ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 captured capture VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 46 det _ _ 46 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl:unmarked _ _ 47 ago ago ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 proposes propose VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 52 shortly shortly ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 advcl _ _ 55 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** *in a quote* | must | You | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | girl | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **find** *in a quote* | present | you | yourself | | | now | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourself=Topic | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the place | the abode | | | | of a terrible Ogre | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | girl | | | | | like yourself; who *nsubj*; human *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **capture** *in a quote* | past · passive | Prince | | | | | ago *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **propose** *in a quote* | present | Prince | | | | | shortly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | Prince's wife | girl | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset i=Beneficiary wife=Product | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/53/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/)