--- title: So Majnun went back and broke the fruit off its stalk; and he said t… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So Majnun went back and broke the fruit off its stalk; and he said to his father, "Come with me to my room while I open it; I am afraid to open it alone, for perhaps I shall find a Rakshas in it that will eat me." Who acts: Majnun, prince, Rakshas. 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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, prince, Rakshas), 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:pg7128:13:20 # text = So Majnun went back and broke the fruit off its stalk; and he said to his father, "Come with me to my room while I open it; I am afraid to open it alone, for perhaps I shall find a Rakshas in it that will eat me." 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Majnun Majnun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 10 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 stalk stalk NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 while while SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 open open VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 alone alone ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 for for SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Rakshas Rakshas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nmod _ _ 49 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 ccomp _ _ 52 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | past | Majnun | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **break off** | past | Majnun *not said here* | the fruit | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient stalk=Result | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | prince | | prince's father | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to father=Recipient | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | prince *not said here* | | | my room | | with prince | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to room=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **open** *in a quote* | present | prince | fruit | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | prince | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **open** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | fruit | | | | alone *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 8 | **find** *in a quote* | shall | prince | | | | | perhaps *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **eat** *in a quote* | future | a Rakshas in fruit | prince | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/21/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/)