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# Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4, sentence 26

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This was not to be done without difficulty, as such a strict watch was kept over the poor Princess (for fear of her ever establishing communication with her friends), that though the supposed Malee's daughter was permitted to take her flowers every day, the Magician or one of his slaves was always in the room at the time.

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**Who acts:** one, wife · **What happens:** not do, keep, establish, suppose, permit, take · **To what, where:** This, strict watch, daughter, flowers, room, establishing communication

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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 (one, wife), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7128:10:26
# text = This was not to be done without difficulty, as such a strict watch was kept over the poor Princess (for fear of her ever establishing communication with her friends), that though the supposed Malee's daughter was permitted to take her flowers every day, the Magician or one of his slaves was always in the room at the time.
1	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
11	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	14	det:predet	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	strict	strict	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	parataxis	_	_
17	over	over	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
21	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	appos	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
25	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
26	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	27	advmod	_	_
27	establishing	establish	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	28	amod	_	_
28	communication	communication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
29	with	with	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
34	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	42	obj	_	_
35	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	38	amod	_	_
38	Malee	Malee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	's	's	PART	POS	_	38	case	_	_
40	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
41	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux:pass	_	_
42	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl:relcl	_	_
43	to	to	PART	TO	_	44	mark	_	_
44	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	xcomp	_	_
45	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obj	_	_
47	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	48	det	_	_
48	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	Magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	appos	_	_
52	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	61	nsubj	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	56	nmod:poss	_	_
56	slaves	slave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	nmod	_	_
57	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	61	cop	_	_
58	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	61	advmod	_	_
59	in	in	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	conj	_	_
62	at	at	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | past · passive |  | This |  |  |  | without difficulty | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **keep** | past · passive |  | such strict watch |  |  |  | over the poor Princess | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme over princess=Location |
| 3 | **establish** | gerund |  |  |  |  | ever |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **suppose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **permit** | past · passive |  | the supposed Malee's daughter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | wife's flowers |  |  | day |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Theme |
| 7 | **is** | past | one of Prince's slaves |  |  | the room | time | always *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **fear** |  |  | wife's establishing communication with wife's friends |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
| 9 | **communicate** |  | wife |  |  |  |  | with wife's friends | nom communication «communication intransitive»: poss=agent with=obl |

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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.

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**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.

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