--- title: As soon as he had accomplished this he ran hastily back to the main… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as he had accomplished this he ran hastily back to the main cavern, and as he approached the entrance he saw the Ogre, who had just been returning to his home, lying across the threshold stone dead, with his neck all twisted. Who acts: Baki, 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 (Baki, 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:pg75000:22:77 # text = As soon as he had accomplished this he ran hastily back to the main cavern, and as he approached the entrance he saw the Ogre, who had just been returning to his home, lying across the threshold stone dead, with his neck all twisted. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 accomplished accomplish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 7 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 back back ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 cavern cavern NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Ogre Ogre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 30 just just ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 aux _ _ 32 returning return VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 38 across across ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 threshold threshold NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 47 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 37 obl _ _ 48 twisted twisted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accomplish** | past · perfect | Baki | this | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 2 | **run** | past | Baki | | | | | to the main cavern *result*; soon *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to cavern=Result | | 3 | **approach** | past | Baki | the entrance | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent entrance=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | Baki | the Ogre | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ogre=Stimulus | | 5 | **return** | past · perfect · progressive | the Ogre | | | | | to Baki's home *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to home=Result | | 6 | **lie** | gerund | the Ogre *not said here* | all | | the threshold stone | | with Baki's neck | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/78/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/)