--- title: Meanwhile he has taught me certain magic spells, which enable me to… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Meanwhile he has taught me certain magic spells, which enable me to transform myself into any animal I please, and to come and go at my pleasure; but without the assistance of some human being it is impossible for me to escape from his clutches. Who acts: certain magic spells, me, some, my. 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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 (certain magic spells, me, some, my), 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:pg75000:22:53 # text = Meanwhile he has taught me certain magic spells, which enable me to transform myself into any animal I please, and to come and go at my pleasure; but without the assistance of some human being it is impossible for me to escape from his clutches. 1 Meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 spells spell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 enable enable VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 transform transform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 15 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obj _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 18 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 please please INTJ UH _ 18 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 without without ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 35 of of SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 36 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 41 nsubj _ _ 37 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 38 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 cop _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 expl _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 acl:relcl _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 clutches clutch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | present · perfect · passive | | Prince | me | | | certain magic spells *obj*; the assistance *parataxis*; meanwhile *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **enable** | present | certain magic spells | me | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **transform** | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | myself | | | | any animal *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | my pleasure | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at pleasure=Location | | 6 | **is** | gerund | some | the assistance *not said here* | | | | for me; impossible *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **escape** | to-infinitive | some *not said here* | | | Prince's clutches | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from clutch=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **please** | | my | | | | | | nom pleasure «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **clutch** | | Prince | | | | | | nom clutch «act 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/54/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/)