--- title: Soon after this, the six elder Princesses heard the little baby, the… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Soon after this, the six elder Princesses heard the little baby, their nephew, begin to cry, and when they went upstairs they were much surprised to find him all alone, and Balna nowhere to be seen. Who acts: six elder Princesses, Princesses. 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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 (six elder Princesses, Princesses), 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:pg7128:10:1 # text = Soon after this, the six elder Princesses heard the little baby, their nephew, begin to cry, and when they went upstairs they were much surprised to find him all alone, and Balna nowhere to be seen. 1 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 7 elder elder NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 nephew nephew NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 begin begin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 25 upstairs upstairs ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 much much ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 parataxis _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 all all ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 alone alone ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 Balna Balna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 nowhere nowhere ADV RB PronType=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the six elder Princesses | the little baby and Princesses's nephew | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **begin** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** | past | Princesses *= princess* | | | | | upstairs *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | Princesses *= princess* | | | | | surprised *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **find** | to-infinitive | Princesses *= princess* *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | alone *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive · passive | | Balna | | | | nowhere *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | 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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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: [Demon With Matted Hair " 196…, 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/101/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/2/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/)