--- title: Then she smeared this over the place where her knife had passed, and… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then she smeared this over the place where her knife had passed, and just as she saw the Raja opening his eyes, she began to run, and she ran, and ran so fast, that she outran the Raja, who tried to catch her; and she sprang up on the horse behind her husband, and they rode so fast, so fast, till th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/71/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/) / [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/) / 71 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 7, sentence 71 Then she smeared this over the place where her knife had passed, and just as she saw the Raja opening his eyes, she began to run, and she ran, and ran so fast, that she outran the Raja, who tried to catch her; and she sprang up on the horse behind her husband, and they rode so fast, so fast, till they reached King Dantal's palace. **Who acts:** Laili, Raja, eyes · **What happens:** smear, pass, see, open, begin, run · **To what, where:** this, place, knife, Raja, eyes, Laili This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Laili, Raja, eyes), 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:pg7128:13:71 # text = Then she smeared this over the place where her knife had passed, and just as she saw the Raja opening his eyes, she began to run, and she ran, and ran so fast, that she outran the Raja, who tried to catch her; and she sprang up on the horse behind her husband, and they rode so fast, so fast, till they reached King Dantal's palace. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 smeared smear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 12 advmod _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 just just ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Raja Raja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 opening open VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 xcomp _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 outran outrun VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Raja Raja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 46 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 54 up up ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ _ 55 on on ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 58 behind behind ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 65 so so ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 66 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 64 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 68 so so ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 69 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 64 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 71 till till SCONJ IN _ 73 mark _ _ 72 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 73 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 conj _ _ 74 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 75 compound _ _ 75 Dantal Dantal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 77 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 76 's 's PART POS _ 75 case _ _ 77 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smear** | past | Laili | this | | the place | then | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent this=Theme over place=Destination | | 2 | **pass** | past · perfect · passive | | Laili's knife | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | | 3 | **see** | past | Laili | the Raja | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **open** | gerund | the Raja *not said here* | man's eyes | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 5 | **begin** | past | Laili | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **run** | to-infinitive | Laili *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **run** | past | Laili | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **run** | past | | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **outrun** | past | Laili | the Raja | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **try** | past | the Raja | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 11 | **catch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Raja *not said here* | Laili | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 12 | **spring up** | past | Laili | | | | | on the horse behind Laili's husband | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on horse=Location | | 13 | **ride** | past | eyes *= eye* | | | | | fast *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **reach** | past | eyes *= eye* | King Dantal's palace | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent palace=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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/72/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/)