--- title: Now this particular Ogre’s existence depends upon the life of a gree… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Now this particular Ogre’s existence depends upon the life of a green Parrot, which is carefully hidden from human view, but I have ascertained where it is kept, and will explain to you how you may find it. Who acts: this, particular existence, I, you. 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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 (this, particular existence, I, you), 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:pg75000:22:68 # text = Now this particular Ogre’s existence depends upon the life of a green Parrot, which is carefully hidden from human view, but I have ascertained where it is kept, and will explain to you how you may find it. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 3 particular particular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 4 Ogre Ogre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’s 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 existence existence NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 depends depend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 Parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 18 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 ascertained ascertain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 28 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 advmod _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 explain explain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **existence** | | this | | | | now | Ogre *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 2 | **depend** | present | Ogre's particular existence | | | | | upon the life of a green Parrot | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hide** | present · passive | | a green Parrot | | human view | | carefully *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from view=Beneficiary | | 4 | **ascertain** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **keep** | present · passive | | existence | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **explain** *speech: assert* | future | | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to you=Recipient | | 7 | **find** | may | you | existence | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/69/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/)