--- title: Only a moment passed, and the tiger-king came running before him car… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Only a moment passed, and the tiger-king came running before him carrying a large crown in his mouth, the glitter of the diamonds of which for a time outshone even the bright rays of the sun. 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He dropped the crown at his life-giver's feet, and, putting aside all his pride, humbled himself like a pet cat to the strokes of his protector, and began in the following words: "My life-giver! **Who acts:** tiger king, king · **What happens:** pass, come, run, carry, outshine, drop · **To what, where:** glitter, large crown, mouth, crown, feet, pride This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tiger king, 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:pg7128:14:111 # text = Only a moment passed, and the tiger-king came running before him carrying a large crown in his mouth, the glitter of the diamonds of which for a time outshone even the bright rays of the sun. He dropped the crown at his life-giver's feet, and, putting aside all his pride, humbled himself like a pet cat to the strokes of his protector, and began in the following words: "My life-giver! 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 tiger tiger NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 13 before before SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 ccomp _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 glitter glitter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 obl _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 33 outshone outshine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 34 even even ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 rays ray NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 appos _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 sun. sun. NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 47 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 giver giver NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 50 's 's PART POS _ 49 case _ _ 51 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 55 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 56 aside aside ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 57 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 59 det:predet _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 61 humbled humble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 62 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 61 obj _ _ 63 like like ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 compound _ _ 66 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 67 to to ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 strokes stroke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obl _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 72 protector protector NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 75 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 76 in in ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 78 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 79 amod _ _ 79 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 75 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 : : PUNCT : _ 85 punct _ _ 81 " " PUNCT `` _ 85 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 82 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 85 nmod:poss _ _ 83 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 84 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 83 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 85 giver giver NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 86 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | participle | | | | | moment | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | the tiger king | the glitter of the diamonds | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **run** | gerund | the tiger king *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **carry** | gerund | king | a large crown | | king's mouth | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent crown=Value in mouth=Location | | 5 | **outshine** | participle | | | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **drop** | past | king | the crown | | king's life giver's feet | time | of the diamonds | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent crown=Theme of which=Destination at foot=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **put** | gerund | king *not said here* | king's pride | | | | aside *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent pride=Goal | | 8 | **humble** | past | king *not said here* | king | | | | like a pet cat; to the strokes of king's protector | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer | | 9 | **begin** | past | the tiger king *not said here* | My life giver | | the following words | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 10 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **ray** | | | the sun. | | | | | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 12 | **pride** | | king | | | | | | nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **stroke** | | | king's protector | | | | | nom stroke «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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/14/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/14/112/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/14/)