--- title: Then they questioned the servants, and when they heard of the Fakir… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then they questioned the servants, and when they heard of the Fakir and the little black dog, they guessed what had happened, and sent in every direction seeking them, but neither the Fakir nor the dog were to be found. Who acts: Princesses, direction. 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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 (Princesses, direction), 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:pg7128:10:2 # text = Then they questioned the servants, and when they heard of the Fakir and the little black dog, they guessed what had happened, and sent in every direction seeking them, but neither the Fakir nor the dog were to be found. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 questioned question VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Fakir Fakir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 guessed guess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 30 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 seeking seek VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 35 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 37 cc:preconj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Fakir Fakir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 40 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **question** *speech: other* | past | Princesses *= princess* | the servants | | | then | | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Recipient | | 2 | **hear** | past | Princesses *= princess* | | | | | of the Fakir and the little black dog | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of fakir=Stimulus | | 3 | **guess** | past | Princesses *= princess* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **send** | participle | | | | every direction | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in direction=Destination | | 6 | **seek** | gerund | every direction *not said here* | Princesses *= princess* | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **find** | past · passive | | the Fakir nor the dog | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=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:** «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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/3/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/)