--- title: When the king's attendants informed the prince about the death of hi… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When the king's attendants informed the prince about the death of his father he wept and wailed, and gave notice that he would give half of his kingdom to any one who should bring him news about the murderer of his father. Who acts: attendants, king, one, father. 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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 (attendants, king, one, father), 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:pg7128:14:138 # text = When the king's attendants informed the prince about the death of his father he wept and wailed, and gave notice that he would give half of his kingdom to any one who should bring him news about the murderer of his father. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 informed inform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 wailed wail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 22 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 27 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 26 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 33 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 about about ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 murderer murderer NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | the king's attendants | | the prince | | | about the death of king's father | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient | | 2 | **weep** | past | king | king's father *not said here* | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent father=Theme | | 3 | **wail** | past | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **give** | past | the king's attendants *not said here* | notice | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme | | 5 | **give** | would | king | half of king's kingdom | any one | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent half=Theme to one=Recipient | | 6 | **bring** | should | any one | news | king | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination news=Theme | | 7 | **die** | | king's father | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent | 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 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/14/137/) - next →: [sentence 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/14/139/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/14/)