--- title: However, when he saw that his son was really in great terror, and th… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: However, when he saw that his son was really in great terror, and that he really believed the old woman would came back at night, he advised him to say to her, "I will marry you if you can make yourself a young girl again. Who acts: man, son, old woman, prince. 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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 (man, son, old woman, prince), 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:pg7128:13:5 # text = However, when he saw that his son was really in great terror, and that he really believed the old woman would came back at night, he advised him to say to her, "I will marry you if you can make yourself a young girl again. 1 However however ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 10 really really ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 really really ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 25 back back ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 advised advise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 46 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 45 obj _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 xcomp _ _ 50 again again ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | man | | | | | however *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | man's son | | | great terror | | | tree rules | | 3 | **believe** | past | man | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **come back** | would | the old woman | | | | night | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | man | prince | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | | woman | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 7 | **marry** *in a quote* | future | prince | woman | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 8 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | woman | woman | | | again | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourself=Product | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/6/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/)