--- title: When I was in my father's kingdom a young girl, I knew of you, thoug… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When I was in my father's kingdom a young girl, I knew of you, though you knew nothing of me, and we should have been married then if you had not gone away so suddenly, and for long, long years I followed you." " Who acts: I, you. 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" **Who acts:** I, you · **What happens:** be, know, marry, not go away, follow · **To what, where:** young girl, kingdom, nothing, we, you 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 (I, you), 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:pg7128:13:9 # text = When I was in my father's kingdom a young girl, I knew of you, though you knew nothing of me, and we should have been married then if you had not gone away so suddenly, and for long, long years I followed you." " 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 though though SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 21 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 20 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux _ _ 29 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 31 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 37 away away ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 45 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | I | a young girl | | my father's kingdom | | | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | past | I | | | | | of you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of you=Stimulus | | 3 | **know** | past | you | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 4 | **marry** | should · perfect · passive | | we | | | then | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **not** **go away** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | you | | | | | away, suddenly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **follow** | past | I | you | | | year | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/10/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/13/)