--- title: This happening every day, the other members of the household thought… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: This happening every day, the other members of the household thought that some girl friend of theirs was in this manner showing her interest in the young man, so they did not trouble themselves to find out how it came about. Who acts: This, other members, girl friend, manner. 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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 (This, other members, girl friend, manner), 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:pg7128:11:54 # text = This happening every day, the other members of the household thought that some girl friend of theirs was in this manner showing her interest in the young man, so they did not trouble themselves to find out how it came about. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happening happen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 members member NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 14 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 16 det _ _ 15 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 theirs their PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ _ 23 showing show VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 acl _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 33 obl:unmarked _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 39 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 43 about about ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | gerund | This | | | | day | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the other members of the household | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | some girl friend of members | | | this manner | | | tree rules | | 4 | **show** | gerund | this manner *not said here* | friend's interest | | | | in the young man | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent interest=Patient in man=Topic | | 5 | **do** | past | members *= member* | trouble | | | | members *= member* *obl:unmarked* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Eventuality | | 6 | **find out** | to-infinitive | members *= member* *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **come about** | past | trouble | | | | | about *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **interest** | | friend | | | | | in the young man | nom interest «cognition transitive»: poss=agent in=obl | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/11/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/11/55/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/11/)