--- title: “It is a very difficult thing,” said she, “for a human being to kill… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: “It is a very difficult thing,” said she, “for a human being to kill an Ogre, for whatever damage you may do to his body is of no avail unless you can also destroy the object with which his spirit is bound up. Who acts: breakfast, girl, you, Ogre. 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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 (breakfast, girl, you, 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:pg75000:22:67 # text = “It is a very difficult thing,” said she, “for a human being to kill an Ogre, for whatever damage you may do to his body is of no avail unless you can also destroy the object with which his spirit is bound up. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 17 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 25 damage damage VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl:relcl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 avail avail NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 ccomp _ _ 36 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 also also ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 obl _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl:relcl _ _ 49 up up ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | breakfast | a difficult thing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | girl | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **kill** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | may · present | you | whatever | | | | to Scarcely's body | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Eventuality | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a Ogre | | | | | of no avail | tree rules | | 6 | **destroy** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | you | the object | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Patient | | 7 | **bind up** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Scarcely's spirit | | | | with the object | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient with which=Co-Patient | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/68/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/)