--- title: Then, one day, his aunts told him the history of the family; and no… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then, one day, his aunts told him the history of the family; and no sooner did he hear it, than he was seized with a great desire to go in search of his father and mother and uncles, and if he could find them alive to bring them home again. Who acts: aunts, Balna. 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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 (aunts, Balna), 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:pg7128:10:6 # text = Then, one day, his aunts told him the history of the family; and no sooner did he hear it, than he was seized with a great desire to go in search of his father and mother and uncles, and if he could find them alive to bring them home again. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 aunts aunt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 no no ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 21 advmod _ _ 19 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 than than SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 seized seize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 uncles uncle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 if if SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 xcomp _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 advcl _ _ 53 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 home home ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 55 again again ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Balna's aunts | the history of the family | Balna | | then; day | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient history=Topic | | 2 | **hear** | past · do-support | Balna | history | | | | soon *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 3 | **seize** | past · passive | | Balna | | | | with a great desire | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | search of Balna's father and mother and uncles | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in search=Location | | 5 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | Balna | aunts *= aunt* | | | | alive *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 6 | **bring** | to-infinitive | Balna *not said here* | aunts *= aunt* | | | again | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **search** | | | Balna's father and mother and uncles | | | | | nom search «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/7/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/)