--- title: Prince Majnun was in great sorrow and grief when he saw his dear Lai… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Prince Majnun was in great sorrow and grief when he saw his dear Laili turned into a little heap of ashes; and he went straight home to his father, and for a long, long time he would not be comforted. Who acts: Majnun, dear Laili. 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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, dear Laili), 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:pg7128:12:84 # text = Prince Majnun was in great sorrow and grief when he saw his dear Laili turned into a little heap of ashes; and he went straight home to his father, and for a long, long time he would not be comforted. 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Majnun Majnun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 Laili Laili PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 26 straight straight ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 home home ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 35 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 comforted comfort VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | great sorrow and grief | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | Majnun Prince | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **turn** | past | Majnun's dear Laili | | | a little heap of ashes | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into heap=Trajectory | | 4 | **go** | past | Majnun | | | | | to Majnun's father; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to father=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **not** **comfort** | would · passive | | Majnun | | | time | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/85/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/)