--- title: The young Prince was much delighted at hearing this, and went immedi… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The young Prince was much delighted at hearing this, and went immediately to inform the Malee's wife; after consultation with whom he determined that it would be more safe for him to retain his disguise, and trust to the chance of a favourable opportunity for establishing some communication with his --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/23/) [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/) / 23 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4, sentence 23 The young Prince was much delighted at hearing this, and went immediately to inform the Malee's wife; after consultation with whom he determined that it would be more safe for him to retain his disguise, and trust to the chance of a favourable opportunity for establishing some communication with his mother, if it were indeed she. **Who acts:** young Prince, Prince, it, favourable opportunity, Malee · **What happens:** be, hear, go, inform, determine, retain · **To what, where:** this, wife, disguise, communication 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 (young Prince, Prince, it, favourable opportunity), 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:pg7128:10:23 # text = The young Prince was much delighted at hearing this, and went immediately to inform the Malee's wife; after consultation with whom he determined that it would be more safe for him to retain his disguise, and trust to the chance of a favourable opportunity for establishing some communication with his mother, if it were indeed she. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 at at SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 9 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 inform inform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Malee Malee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 after after ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 consultation consultation NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 cop _ _ 31 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 32 advmod _ _ 32 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 ccomp _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 retain retain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 csubj _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 disguise disguise NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 trust trust NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 favourable favourable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 49 for for SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 50 establishing establish VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 48 acl _ _ 51 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 52 det _ _ 52 communication communication NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 with with ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 57 if if SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 59 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 60 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the young Prince | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | gerund | the young Prince *not said here* | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 3 | **go** | past | the young Prince *not said here* | | | | | immediately *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the young Prince *not said here* | | the Malee's wife | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient | | 5 | **determine** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | would | it | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **retain** | to-infinitive | Prince | Prince's disguise | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **establish** | gerund | a favourable opportunity *not said here* | some communication | | | | with Prince's mother | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent communication=Theme with mother=Source | | 9 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Malee | wife | | | | indeed *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **chance** | | a favourable opportunity | | | | | | nom chance «state intransitive»: of=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:** «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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/24/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/)