--- title: At the end of the twelve years she met a fakir--he was really an ang… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At the end of the twelve years she met a fakir--he was really an angel, but she did not know this--who asked her, "Why do you always say, 'Majnun, Majnun; I want Majnun'?" Who acts: Laili, fakir, I. 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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 (Laili, fakir, I), 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:pg7128:12:25 # text = At the end of the twelve years she met a fakir--he was really an angel, but she did not know this--who asked her, "Why do you always say, 'Majnun, Majnun; I want Majnun'?" 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fakir fakir NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 -- -- PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 really really ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 24 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 32 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 35 advmod _ _ 35 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Majnun Majnun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 Majnun Majnun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 44 Majnun Majnun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ' 's PART POS _ 44 case _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | past | Laili | a fakir | | | at the end of the twelve years | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | fakir | a angel | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | Laili | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | Laili | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · do-support | Laili | | | | | always *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **want** *in a quote* | present | I | Majnun | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot majnun=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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/26/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/)