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title: When the Ogre saw that one of the pillars was not dancing as usual h… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics
description: When the Ogre saw that one of the pillars was not dancing as usual he grew very angry, and seizing a huge hammer in his hand, he advanced upon it, threatening to shatter it into a thousand fragments; but the young lady, seizing him by the arm, begged him to spare it. Who acts: Ogre, one, Baki, young
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# Folk tales from Tibet, The Story of Room Bacha and Baki., sentence 60

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When the Ogre saw that one of the pillars was not dancing as usual he grew very angry, and seizing a huge hammer in his hand, he advanced upon it, threatening to shatter it into a thousand fragments; but the young lady, seizing him by the arm, begged him to spare it.

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**Who acts:** Ogre, one, Baki, young lady · **What happens:** see, not dance, grow, seize, advance, threaten · **To what, where:** huge hammer, hand, young lady, hammer, thousand fragments, Baki · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ogre, one, Baki, young lady), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75000:22:60
# text = When the Ogre saw that one of the pillars was not dancing as usual he grew very angry, and seizing a huge hammer in his hand, he advanced upon it, threatening to shatter it into a thousand fragments; but the young lady, seizing him by the arm, begged him to spare it.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	advcl	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pillars	pillar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	obl	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
17	very	very	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	seizing	seize	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	advanced	advance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
31	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
34	threatening	threaten	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	30	advcl	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	shatter	shatter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	xcomp	_	_
37	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obj	_	_
38	into	into	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	41	nummod	_	_
41	fragments	fragment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
43	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
48	seizing	seize	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	46	acl	_	_
49	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	obj	_	_
50	by	by	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
54	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	conj	_	_
55	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	obj	_	_
56	to	to	PART	TO	_	57	mark	_	_
57	spare	spare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	54	xcomp	_	_
58	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	30	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | the Ogre |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **dance** | past · progressive | one of the pillars |  |  |  |  | as usual | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **grow** | past | Baki |  |  |  |  | angry *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **seize** | gerund | one of the pillars *not said here* | a huge hammer |  | Baki's hand |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hammer=Theme |
| 5 | **advance** | past | Baki | the young lady |  |  |  | upon hand | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **threaten** | gerund | Baki *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **shatter** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Baki *not said here* | hammer |  |  |  | into thousand fragments *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent it=Patient into fragment=Result |
| 8 | **seize** | gerund | the young lady *not said here* | Baki |  |  |  | by the arm | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 9 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Baki *not said here* |  | Baki |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 10 | **spare** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Baki *not said here* | hammer |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Asset |

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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.

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**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.

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