--- title: Some time ago a Raja's son came here, and shortly afterwards came hi… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Some time ago a Raja's son came here, and shortly afterwards came his six brothers, and they were all turned into stones and trees; and these are not the only unfortunate ones, for up in that tower lives a beautiful Princess, whom the Magician has kept prisoner there for twelve years, because she ha --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/) / [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/) / 15 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4, sentence 15 Some time ago a Raja's son came here, and shortly afterwards came his six brothers, and they were all turned into stones and trees; and these are not the only unfortunate ones, for up in that tower lives a beautiful Princess, whom the Magician has kept prisoner there for twelve years, because she hates him and will not marry him." **Who acts:** son, Magician · **What happens:** come, turn, not be, live, keep, hate · **To what, where:** six brothers, brothers, stones, only unfortunate ones, beautiful Princess, tower This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (son, Magician), 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:pg7128:10:15 # text = Some time ago a Raja's son came here, and shortly afterwards came his six brothers, and they were all turned into stones and trees; and these are not the only unfortunate ones, for up in that tower lives a beautiful Princess, whom the Magician has kept prisoner there for twelve years, because she hates him and will not marry him." 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 ago ago ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Raja Raja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 shortly shortly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 22 all all ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 30 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 31 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 34 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 35 unfortunate unfortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 39 up up ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 43 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 52 obl _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 Magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl:relcl _ _ 53 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl:unmarked _ _ 54 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 52 advmod _ _ 55 for for ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 57 nummod _ _ 57 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 because because SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 60 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 hates hate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 62 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 64 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 65 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 66 advmod _ _ 66 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 conj _ _ 67 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 " " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | a Raja's son | | | here | time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | a Raja's son *not said here* | son's six brothers | | | | afterwards *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location brother=Theme | | 3 | **turn** | past · passive | | brothers *= brother* | | stones and trees | | all *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into stone=Trajectory | | 4 | **not** **is a** | present | | this only unfortunate ones | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **live** | present | | a beautiful Princess | | that tower | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme princess=Location | | 6 | **keep** | present · perfect · passive | | the Magician | | there | year | a beautiful Princess *obl* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **hate** | present | Magician | son | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 8 | **not** **marry** | future | Magician *not said here* | son | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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:** «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: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/16/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/)