--- title: The king heard, cursed the day on which he believed in the word of a… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The king heard, cursed the day on which he believed in the word of a goldsmith, beat his head, tore his hair, wept and wailed for his crime, asked a thousand pardons, and swore to rule in a just way from that day. Who acts: prince, king. 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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 (prince, 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:pg7128:15:75 # text = The king heard, cursed the day on which he believed in the word of a goldsmith, beat his head, tore his hair, wept and wailed for his crime, asked a thousand pardons, and swore to rule in a just way from that day. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 cursed curse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obl _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 goldsmith goldsmith NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 19 beat beat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 tore tore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 wailed wail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 crime crime NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 pardons pardon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 rule rule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 just just ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 49 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | participle | | the king *not said here* | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **curse** | participle | | | | | day | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **believe** | past | prince | | | the word of a goldsmith | on the day | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **beat** | past | the king | prince's head | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme | | 5 | **tore** | past | the king *not said here* | prince's hair | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **weep** | past | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **wail** | past | the king *not said here* | | | | | for prince's crime | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for crime=Recipient | | 8 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the king *not said here* | thousand pardons | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pardon=Recipient | | 9 | **swear** | past | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 10 | **rule** | to-infinitive | | | | a way | day | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **word** | | | a goldsmith | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 12 | **incriminate** | | prince | | | | | | nom crime «act 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/15/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/15/76/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/15/)