--- title: Then there are tales from India, told to Major Campbell, who wrote t… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then there are tales from India, told to Major Campbell, who wrote them out, by Hindoos; these stories are “Wali Dâd the Simple-hearted,” and “The King who would be Stronger than Fate,” but was not so clever as his daughter. Who acts: Major, stories, King. 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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 (Major, stories, King), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg3282:1:18 # text = Then there are tales from India, told to Major Campbell, who wrote them out, by Hindoos; these stories are “Wali Dâd the Simple-hearted,” and “The King who would be Stronger than Fate,” but was not so clever as his daughter. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 4 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 India India PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Major Major PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl:agent _ _ 11 Campbell Campbell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Hindoos Hindoos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 21 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Wali Wali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 Dâd Dâd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 Simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 hearted hearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ” " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 34 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 40 Stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 conj _ _ 41 than than ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Fate Fate PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 48 so so ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ _ 50 as as ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle | | tales from India *not said here* | Hindoos | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hindoos=Recipient | | 2 | **write out** | past | Major | people | | | | | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | this stories | | | | | hearted *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | would | the King | | | | | than Fate; strong *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **is** | past | the King *not said here* | | | | | as King's daughter; clever *property* | tree rules | 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:** «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/19/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/)