--- title: He said this to her, and after turning the matter over in his mind,… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He said this to her, and after turning the matter over in his mind, while people were asleep he took away from the house of Sthuladatta a horse on which his master's son-in-law rode. Who acts: Harisarman, people. 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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 (Harisarman, people), 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:pg7128:15:122 # text = He said this to her, and after turning the matter over in his mind, while people were asleep he took away from the house of Sthuladatta a horse on which his master's son-in-law rode. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 after after SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 over over ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 while while SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 advcl _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 23 away away ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Sthuladatta Sthuladatta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obl _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 's 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 rode road NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Harisarman | this | stupidity | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent this=Topic to she=Recipient | | 2 | **turn over** | gerund | Harisarman *not said here* | the matter | | Harisarman's mind | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent matter=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | people | | | | | asleep *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **take away** | past | Harisarman | a horse | | the house of Sthuladatta | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme from house=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **mind** | | Harisarman | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/15/121/) - next →: [sentence 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/15/123/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/15/)