--- title: And she went home to her father and said, "Father, I wish to marry t… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And she went home to her father and said, "Father, I wish to marry the prince who has come to your kingdom; for I know he is the Prince Majnun I am to marry." Who acts: Khuda, Father, prince. 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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 (Khuda, Father, prince), 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:pg7128:12:18 # text = And she went home to her father and said, "Father, I wish to marry the prince who has come to your kingdom; for I know he is the Prince Majnun I am to marry." 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 home home ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 21 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod:desc _ _ 34 Majnun Majnun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 ccomp _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 marry marry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Khuda | | | | | to Khuda's father; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to father=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Father | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | Father | Father *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **marry** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Father *not said here* | the prince | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Patient | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the prince | | | your kingdom | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to kingdom=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **know** *in a quote* | present | Father | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Prince | the Majnun | | | | Prince *nmod:desc* | tree rules | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Father | | | | | marry *property* | tree rules | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/19/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/)