--- title: At last the angel who had come as a fakir and thrown the powder at h… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At last the angel who had come as a fakir and thrown the powder at her, said to Khuda, "Of what use is it that this woman should sit in the jungle crying, crying for ever, 'Majnun, Majnun; I want Majnun,' and eating and drinking nothing? Who acts: last angel, use, woman, jungle. 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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 (last angel, use, woman, jungle), 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:pg7128:12:95 # text = At last the angel who had come as a fakir and thrown the powder at her, said to Khuda, "Of what use is it that this woman should sit in the jungle crying, crying for ever, 'Majnun, Majnun; I want Majnun,' and eating and drinking nothing? 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fakir fakir NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 powder powder NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Khuda Khuda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 parataxis _ _ 25 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 jungle jungle NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Majnun Majnun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 Majnun Majnun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 49 Majnun Majnun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 ccomp _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 drinking drink VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 53 conj _ _ 56 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ? ? PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · perfect | the last angel | | | | | as a fakir | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **throw** | participle | the last angel *not said here* | the powder | | | | at Laili | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent powder=Theme at she=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | | | Khuda | | | at the last angel | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to khuda=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | use | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **sit** *in a quote* | should | this woman | | | the jungle | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in jungle=Location | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | gerund | the jungle *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | gerund | this woman *not said here* | Majnun and Majnun | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for ever=Recipient | | 8 | **want** *in a quote* | present | I | Majnun | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot majnun=Theme | | 9 | **eat** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **drink** *in a quote* | gerund | | nothing | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/96/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/)