--- title: But he would not allow any but their servants to enter their gardens… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But he would not allow any but their servants to enter their gardens and palace, and he would not allow Majnun to go out of them, nor Laili; "for," said King Dantal, "Laili is so beautiful, that perhaps some one may kill my son to take her away." Who acts: medicine, Laili, Majnun, King. 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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, Laili, Majnun, King), 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:pg7128:13:80 # text = But he would not allow any but their servants to enter their gardens and palace, and he would not allow Majnun to go out of them, nor Laili; "for," said King Dantal, "Laili is so beautiful, that perhaps some one may kill my son to take her away." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 iobj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 gardens garden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 22 Majnun Majnun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 25 out out ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 30 cc _ _ 30 Laili Laili PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 " " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 37 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 38 Dantal Dantal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Laili Laili PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 so so ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 nsubj _ _ 47 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 48 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 49 det _ _ 49 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 50 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 52 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 advcl _ _ 56 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 away away ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **allow** | would | medicine | Laili | rupees's servants | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer servant=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **enter** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Laili *not said here* | rupees's gardens and palace | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme garden=Destination | | 3 | **not** **allow** | would | medicine | Majnun | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer majnun=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **go out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Majnun *not said here* | rupees *= rupee* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Laili | | | | | beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **kill** *in a quote* | may | that | my son | | | | perhaps *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme | | 8 | **take away** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | that *not said here* | Laili | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/81/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/)