--- title: Now it happened that at Balna's marriage her husband had given her a… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now it happened that at Balna's marriage her husband had given her a small gold ring on which her name was engraved, and she had put it on her little son's finger when he was a baby, and afterwards when he was older his aunts had had it enlarged for him, so that he was still able to wear it. 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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 (it, wife, Prince, aunts), 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:pg7128:10:24 # text = Now it happened that at Balna's marriage her husband had given her a small gold ring on which her name was engraved, and she had put it on her little son's finger when he was a baby, and afterwards when he was older his aunts had had it enlarged for him, so that he was still able to wear it. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 Balna Balna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obl _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 engraved engrave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 's 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 43 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 44 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 47 advmod _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 47 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 51 advcl _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 aunts aunt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ _ 50 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 53 advcl _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 enlarged enlarge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 57 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 62 mark _ _ 58 that that SCONJ IN _ 57 fixed _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 60 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 61 still still ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 advcl _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 xcomp _ _ 65 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | | | | now | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | wife's husband | | Balna's marriage | | | tree rules | | 3 | **engrave** | past · passive | | wife's name | | a small gold ring | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme on which=Destination | | 4 | **put** | past · perfect | wife | name | | wife's little son's finger | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on finger=Destination | | 5 | **is a** | past | Prince | a baby | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | Prince | | | | | afterwards, old *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | past · perfect | Prince's aunts | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **enlarge** | past | name | | | | | for Prince | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **is** | past | Prince | | | | still | able *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **wear** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | name | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 11 | **marry** | | Balna | | | | | | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **name** | | wife | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/25/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/)