--- title: Then Majnun took the fruit and began to cut it open tremblingly, for… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then Majnun took the fruit and began to cut it open tremblingly, for he shook with fear; and when he had cut it, out stepped Laili, young and far more beautiful than she had ever been. Who acts: Majnun, Rakshas, 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, Rakshas, 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:pg7128:13:22 # text = Then Majnun took the fruit and began to cut it open tremblingly, for he shook with fear; and when he had cut it, out stepped Laili, young and far more beautiful than she had ever been. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Majnun Majnun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 12 tremblingly tremblingly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 out out ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 Laili Laili PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 advcl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 34 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 35 advmod _ _ 35 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ _ 36 than than SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 40 advmod _ _ 40 been be VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Majnun | the fruit | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme | | 2 | **begin** | past | Majnun *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **cut** | to-infinitive | Majnun *not said here* | fruit | | | | open, tremblingly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | | 4 | **shake** | past | Rakshas | | | | | with fear | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with fear=Co-Patient | | 5 | **cut** | past · perfect | Rakshas | fruit | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product | | 6 | **step** | past | Majnun *not said here* | Laili | | | | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location laili=Theme | | 7 | **be** | past · perfect | Laili | | | | ever | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/23/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/)