--- title: As Prince Majnun and the Wazir's son walked in the garden, they gath… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: As Prince Majnun and the Wazir's son walked in the garden, they gathered the fruit as they had done as little children, only they bit the fruit with their teeth; they did not cut it. Who acts: Majnun, men. 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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 (Majnun, men), 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:pg7128:12:105 # text = As Prince Majnun and the Wazir's son walked in the garden, they gathered the fruit as they had done as little children, only they bit the fruit with their teeth; they did not cut it. 1 As as ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:desc _ _ 3 Majnun Majnun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Wazir Wazir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 9 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 22 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 only only ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 bit bite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | Majnun Prince and the Wazir's son | | | the garden | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Trajectory | | 2 | **gather** | past | men *= man* | the fruit | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect | men *= man* | | | | | as little children | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bite** | past | men *= man* | the fruit | | | | with men's teeth | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient with tooth=Instrument | | 5 | **not** **cut** | past · do-support | men *= man* | fruit | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/106/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/)