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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 (medicine), 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:pg7128:13:79 # text = Then he built a splendid palace for her and his son, with a great deal of ground about it, and lovely gardens, and gave them great wealth, and heaps of servants to wait on them. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 about about ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 gardens garden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 heaps heap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | past | medicine | a splendid palace | | | then | for Laili; with a great deal of ground about ground; lovely gardens *obl*; heaps of servants *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent palace=Product for she=Beneficiary | | 2 | **give** | past | medicine *not said here* | great wealth | rupees *= rupee* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient wealth=Theme | | 3 | **wait** | to-infinitive | medicine *not said here* | | | | | on rupees *= rupee* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on they=Location | | 4 | **deal** | | | ground about ground | | | | | nom deal «act transitive»: of=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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/80/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/)