--- title: On recognising it, she at once believed the story her son told her o… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: On recognising it, she at once believed the story her son told her of his long search, and begged him to advise her as to what she had better do; at the same time entreating him on no account to endanger his life by trying to rescue her. Who acts: daughter, story, same time, son. 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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 (daughter, story, same time, son), 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:pg7128:10:29 # text = On recognising it, she at once believed the story her son told her of his long search, and begged him to advise her as to what she had better do; at the same time entreating him on no account to endanger his life by trying to rescue her. 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 recognising recognise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 8 obl _ _ 8 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 advise advise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 28 case _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 26 fixed _ _ 28 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 obl _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 32 amod _ _ 32 do do NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 38 entreating entreat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 acl _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 42 det _ _ 42 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 endanger endanger VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 by by SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 48 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 advcl _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 rescue rescue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 51 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recognise** | gerund | daughter *not said here* | ring | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 2 | **believe** | past | daughter | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the story | | daughter | | | of son's long search | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 4 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | daughter *not said here* | | son | | time | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **advise** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | daughter *not said here* | | daughter | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 6 | **have** | past | story | better do | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent do=Patient | | 7 | **entreat** | gerund | the same time *not said here* | | son | no account | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 8 | **endanger** | to-infinitive | the same time *not said here* | son's life | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **try** | gerund | the same time *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **rescue** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the same time *not said here* | daughter | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 11 | **search** | | son | | | | | | nom search «act 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/30/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/)