--- title: Husain Mahamat wanted him to gather it and see, but he would not til… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Husain Mahamat wanted him to gather it and see, but he would not till he had told his father, who said, "That must be the fruit; go and gather it." Who acts: Husain, prince, father, That. 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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 (Husain, prince, father, That), 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:pg7128:13:19 # text = Husain Mahamat wanted him to gather it and see, but he would not till he had told his father, who said, "That must be the fruit; go and gather it." 1 Husain Husain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Mahamat Mahamat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 15 till till SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 nsubj _ _ 27 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 gather gather VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | Husain | prince | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **gather** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | fruit | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **see** | infinitive | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | would · perfect | prince | | prince's father | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent father=Recipient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | prince's father | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | must | That | the fruit | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **gather** *in a quote* | infinitive | | fruit | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/20/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/)