--- title: But she told him that before she married him he must allow her a lit… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But she told him that before she married him he must allow her a little more time, in which she might make his acquaintance, and that, after being enemies so long, their friendship could but strengthen by degrees. " Who acts: Magician, son, that. 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" **Who acts:** Magician, son, that · **What happens:** tell, marry, allow, make, be, strengthen · **To what, where:** son, Magician, acquaintance · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Magician, son, that), 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:pg7128:10:37 # text = But she told him that before she married him he must allow her a little more time, in which she might make his acquaintance, and that, after being enemies so long, their friendship could but strengthen by degrees. " 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 that that ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 before before SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 married marry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 amod _ _ 17 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obl _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 acquaintance acquaintance NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 28 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 after after ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 cop _ _ 32 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 strengthen strengthen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 degrees degree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Magician | | son | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **marry** | past | Magician | son | | | | that *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 3 | **allow** | must | son | | Magician | | time | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | | 4 | **make** | might | Magician | son's acquaintance | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acquaintance=Product | | 5 | **is** | gerund | | | | | after enemies | | tree rules | | 6 | **strengthen** | could | that | | | | | by degrees; long *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **acquaint** | | son | | | | | | nom acquaintance «cognition 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/38/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/)