--- title: When he is old enough to be danced on his father's knee, I shall sit… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When he is old enough to be danced on his father's knee, I shall sit with a book at the back of the stable, and while I am reading, the boy will see me, jump from his mother's lap, and run towards me to be danced on my knee. Who acts: he, I, boy. 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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 (he, I, boy), 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:pg7128:11:1 # text = When he is old enough to be danced on his father's knee, I shall sit with a book at the back of the stable, and while I am reading, the boy will see me, jump from his mother's lap, and run towards me to be danced on my knee. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 advcl _ _ 5 enough enough ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 danced dance VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 knee knee NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 29 while while SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 reading read VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 's 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 49 towards towards ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 52 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 danced dance VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 advcl _ _ 54 on on ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 knee knee NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | enough, old *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **dance** | to-infinitive · passive | he *not said here* | | | his father's knee | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: on knee=Location | | 3 | **sit** | shall | I | | | | | with a book at the back of the stable | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **read** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **see** | future | the boy | me | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 6 | **jump** | infinitive | the boy *not said here* | | | boy's mother's lap | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from lap=Trajectory | | 7 | **run** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | towards me | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards i=Destination | | 8 | **dance** | to-infinitive · passive | I *not said here* | | | my knee | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: on knee=Location | 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: [Demon With Matted Hair " 196…, 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/95/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/11/2/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/11/)