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title: They brought Gangazara to the presence of the prince, who turned his… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: They brought Gangazara to the presence of the prince, who turned his face away from the supposed murderer, and asked his soldiers to throw him into a dungeon. Who acts: soldiers, prince. A sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 8, with its dependency tr
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# Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 8, sentence 145

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They brought Gangazara to the presence of the prince, who turned his face away from the supposed murderer, and asked his soldiers to throw him into a dungeon.

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**Who acts:** soldiers, prince · **What happens:** bring, turn, suppose, ask, throw · **To what, where:** Gangazara, presence, face, soldiers, prince, dungeon

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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 (soldiers, prince), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7128:14:145
# text = They brought Gangazara to the presence of the prince, who turned his face away from the supposed murderer, and asked his soldiers to throw him into a dungeon.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Gangazara	Gangazara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	amod	_	_
19	murderer	murderer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obj	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	xcomp	_	_
27	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obj	_	_
28	into	into	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | soldiers *= soldier* | Gangazara |  | the presence of the prince |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gangazara=Theme to presence=Destination |
| 2 | **turn** | past | the prince | prince's face |  |  |  | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent face=Theme |
| 3 | **suppose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | soldiers *= soldier* *not said here* | prince's soldiers |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent soldier=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 5 | **throw** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | prince's soldiers *not said here* | prince |  |  |  | into a dungeon *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer he=Theme into dungeon=Result |

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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.

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**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.

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