--- title: One night, some time before Prince Majnun came to her father's kingd… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: One night, some time before Prince Majnun came to her father's kingdom, as she slept, Khuda sent to her an angel in the form of a man who told her that she should marry Prince Majnun and no one else, and that this was Khuda's command to her. Who acts: time, Laili, Khuda, man. 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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 (time, Laili, Khuda, man), 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:pg7128:12:4 # text = One night, some time before Prince Majnun came to her father's kingdom, as she slept, Khuda sent to her an angel in the form of a man who told her that she should marry Prince Majnun and no one else, and that this was Khuda's command to her. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 before before ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:desc _ _ 8 Majnun Majnun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 Khuda Khuda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 39 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod:desc _ _ 40 Majnun Majnun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 43 det _ _ 43 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 appos _ _ 44 else else ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 48 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 Khuda Khuda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 's 's PART POS _ 50 case _ _ 52 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | some time before Majnun Prince | | | Laili's father's kingdom | night | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to kingdom=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **sleep** | past | Laili | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **send** | past | Khuda | a angel | Laili | the form of a man | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent angel=Theme to she=Destination | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | a man | | Laili | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 5 | **marry** | should | Laili | Majnun Prince | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent majnun=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | this | | | | | 's Khuda | tree rules | | 7 | **form** | | | a man | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/5/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/)