--- title: She told him that for twelve long years the Magician had kept her sh… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She told him that for twelve long years the Magician had kept her shut up in the tower because she refused to marry him, and she was so closely guarded that she saw no hope of release. Who acts: daughter, Magician, release. 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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, Magician, release), 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:pg7128:10:30 # text = She told him that for twelve long years the Magician had kept her shut up in the tower because she refused to marry him, and she was so closely guarded that she saw no hope of release. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Magician Magician PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 14 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 19 because because SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 closely closely ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 guarded guard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 35 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 36 det _ _ 36 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 release release NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | daughter | | son | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **keep** | past · perfect | the Magician | daughter's shut tower | | | year | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Theme | | 3 | **shut up** | participle | | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **refuse** | past | daughter | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **not** **marry** | to-infinitive | daughter *not said here* | son | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **guard** | past · passive | | daughter | | | | closely *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | | 7 | **see** | past | daughter | no hope of release | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hope=Stimulus | | 8 | **hope** | | release | | | | | | nom hope «feeling 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/31/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/)