--- title: He took leave of the tiger-king, and after his disappearance thought… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He took leave of the tiger-king, and after his disappearance thought of the kings of serpents and rats, who came in their turn with their presents, and after the usual greetings and exchange of words took their leave. Who acts: Gangazara, serpents, usual greetings. 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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 (Gangazara, serpents, usual greetings), 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:pg7128:14:118 # text = He took leave of the tiger-king, and after his disappearance thought of the kings of serpents and rats, who came in their turn with their presents, and after the usual greetings and exchange of words took their leave. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 tiger tiger NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 after after ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 disappearance disappearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 14 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 serpents serpent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 rats rat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 33 after after ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 greetings greeting NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 41 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 42 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Gangazara | | | | | | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 2 | **leave** | infinitive | Gangazara *not said here* | | | | | of the tiger king | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of king=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Gangazara *not said here* | | | | after Gangazara's disappearance | of the kings of serpents and rats | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **come** | past | serpents and rats | | | diamonds's turn with diamonds's presents | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in turn=Location | | 5 | **take** | past | the usual greetings and exchange of words | diamonds's leave | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 6 | **disappear** | | Gangazara | | | | | | nom disappearance «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **exchange** | | | words | | | | | nom exchange «phenomenon 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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/14/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/14/119/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/14/)