--- title: They then called upon their Bonga, and vowing vows unto him they sec… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They then called upon their Bonga, and vowing vows unto him they secured his good-will and assistance; then they said to the Bonga, "At midday when our sister-in-law goes to bring water, cause it thus to happen, that on seeing her pitcher the water shall vanish, and again slowly re-appear. 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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 (brothers, sister, water, pitcher), 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:pg7128:11:14 # text = They then called upon their Bonga, and vowing vows unto him they secured his good-will and assistance; then they said to the Bonga, "At midday when our sister-in-law goes to bring water, cause it thus to happen, that on seeing her pitcher the water shall vanish, and again slowly re-appear. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 Bonga Bonga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 9 vowing vow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 csubj _ _ 10 vows vow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 11 unto unto ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 secured secure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 16 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Bonga Bonga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 At at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 midday midday NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 32 when when SCONJ WRB _ 39 mark _ _ 33 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 39 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 44 cause cause VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 thus thus ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 obl _ _ 51 on on SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 52 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ _ 53 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 pitcher pitcher NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 57 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 vanish vanish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 61 again again ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 62 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 re-appear re-appear NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | brothers *= brother* | | | | then | upon brothers's Bonga | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **vow** | gerund | | vows | | | | unto Bonga | tree rules | | 3 | **secure** | past | brothers *= brother* | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | brothers *= brother* | | the Bonga | midday | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to bonga=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | present | our sister in law | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **bring** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | our sister in law *not said here* | water | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 7 | **cause** *in a quote* | infinitive | | water | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **happen** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | water *not said here* | that | | | | thus *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **see** *in a quote* | gerund | water *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **vanish** *in a quote* | shall | sister's pitcher | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/11/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/11/15/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/11/)