--- title: But one night the little dog disappeared, and in its stead there lay… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But one night the little dog disappeared, and in its stead there lay the little old woman who had frightened him so much in the garden; and now Prince Majnun was quite sure she was a Rakshas, or a demon, or some such horrible thing come to eat him; and in his terror he cried out, "What do you want? --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/119/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/) / [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/) / 119 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 6, sentence 119 But one night the little dog disappeared, and in its stead there lay the little old woman who had frightened him so much in the garden; and now Prince Majnun was quite sure she was a Rakshas, or a demon, or some such horrible thing come to eat him; and in his terror he cried out, "What do you want? **Who acts:** little dog, Majnun, dog, such horrible thing, Prince, you · **What happens:** disappear, lie, frighten, be, come, eat · **To what, where:** little old woman, stead, garden, Rakshas, Majnun, terror · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little dog, Majnun, dog, such horrible thing), 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:pg7128:12:119 # text = But one night the little dog disappeared, and in its stead there lay the little old woman who had frightened him so much in the garden; and now Prince Majnun was quite sure she was a Rakshas, or a demon, or some such horrible thing come to eat him; and in his terror he cried out, "What do you want? 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 stead stead NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 13 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 14 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 much much ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 31 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod:desc _ _ 32 Majnun Majnun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 quite quite ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Rakshas Rakshas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 demon demon NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 45 or or CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 46 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 49 det _ _ 47 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 48 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 61 out out ADP RP _ 60 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 63 " " PUNCT `` _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 67 obj _ _ 65 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 66 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 67 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disappear** | past | the little dog | | | | night | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lie** | past | the little dog *not said here* | the little old woman | | bed's stead; there | | | tree rules | | 3 | **frighten** | past · perfect · passive | | the little old woman | | the garden | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer he=Result | | 4 | **is** | past | Majnun Prince | | | | now | sure *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | past | dog | a Rakshas | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come** | infinitive | some such horrible thing | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **eat** | to-infinitive | some such horrible thing *not said here* | Majnun | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 8 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | Prince | | | Prince's terror | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in terror=Location | | 9 | **want** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/120/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/)