--- title: Well," said Khuda, "you may do so; but tell her that she must not sp… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Well," said Khuda, "you may do so; but tell her that she must not speak to Majnun if he is afraid of her when he sees her; and that if he is afraid when he sees her, she will become a little white dog the next day. Who acts: Khuda, you, Majnun. 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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, you, Majnun), 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:pg7128:12:97 # text = Well," said Khuda, "you may do so; but tell her that she must not speak to Majnun if he is afraid of her when he sees her; and that if he is afraid when he sees her, she will become a little white dog the next day. 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Khuda Khuda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Majnun Majnun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 advcl _ _ 27 of of SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 29 when when SCONJ WRB _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 advcl _ _ 40 when when SCONJ WRB _ 42 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 49 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 50 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 xcomp _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Khuda | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | may | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | Khuda | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | must | Khuda | | Majnun | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to majnun=Co-Agent | | 5 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Majnun | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | present | Majnun | Khuda | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Majnun | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **see** | present | Majnun | Khuda | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 9 | **become** | future | Khuda | a little white dog | | | day | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/98/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/12/)