--- title: His aunts, on learning his determination, were much alarmed and trie… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: His aunts, on learning his determination, were much alarmed and tried to dissuade him, saying, "We have lost our husbands, and our sister and her husband, and you are now our sole hope; if you go away, what shall we do?" Who acts: aunts, We, you, 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, We, you, 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:pg7128:10:7 # text = His aunts, on learning his determination, were much alarmed and tried to dissuade him, saying, "We have lost our husbands, and our sister and her husband, and you are now our sole hope; if you go away, what shall we do?" 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 aunts aunt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 on on SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 learning learn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 determination determination NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 10 much much ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 alarmed alarm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 dissuade dissuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 ccomp _ _ 24 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 husbands husband NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 36 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 37 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 38 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 sole sole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 42 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 advcl _ _ 45 away away ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 47 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 50 obj _ _ 48 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ? ? PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | gerund | Balna's aunts *not said here* | Balna's determination | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent determination=Topic | | 2 | **alarm** | past · passive | | Balna's aunts | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **try** | past | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **dissuade** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | Balna | | | | vn discourage-64.5 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary | | 5 | **say** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **lose** *in a quote* | present · perfect | We | our husbands | | | | our sister and dog's husband and our sole hope *obl* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Eventuality | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | our sole hope | | | now | | tree rules | | 8 | **go away** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **do** *in a quote* | shall | we | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 10 | **determine** | | Balna | | | | | | nom determination «act intransitive»: 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/8/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/)