--- title: But the minister, named Devajnanin, whispered in the king's ear: "Ho… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the minister, named Devajnanin, whispered in the king's ear: "How can a man possess such knowledge unattainable by men, without having studied the books of magic; you may be certain that this is a specimen of the way he makes a dishonest livelihood, by having a secret intelligence with thieves. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/) / [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/) / 10 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 10, sentence 10 But the minister, named Devajnanin, whispered in the king's ear: "How can a man possess such knowledge unattainable by men, without having studied the books of magic; you may be certain that this is a specimen of the way he makes a dishonest livelihood, by having a secret intelligence with thieves. **Who acts:** minister, man, having, you, this, king · **What happens:** name, whisper, possess, have, study, be · **To what, where:** minister, ear, such knowledge, books, specimen, dishonest livelihood · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (minister, man, having, you), 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:pg7128:16:10 # text = But the minister, named Devajnanin, whispered in the king's ear: "How can a man possess such knowledge unattainable by men, without having studied the books of magic; you may be certain that this is a specimen of the way he makes a dishonest livelihood, by having a secret intelligence with thieves. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 6 Devajnanin Devajnanin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 17 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 21 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 unattainable unattainable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 without without SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 csubj _ _ 29 studied study VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 specimen specimen NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 ccomp _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 dishonest dishonest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 livelihood livelihood NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 by by SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 54 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 intelligence intelligence NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 58 with with ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 thieves thief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | participle | | the minister *not said here* | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | the minister | | | the king's ear | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **possess** *in a quote* | can | a man | such knowledge | | | | by men | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot knowledge=Theme | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **study** *in a quote* | past | having | the books of magic | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | may | you | | | | | certain *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | a specimen | | | | of the way | tree rules | | 8 | **make** *in a quote* | present | king | a dishonest livelihood | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent livelihood=Product | | 9 | **have** *in a quote* | gerund | the minister *not said here* | a secret intelligence | | | | with thieves | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intelligence=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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/11/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/)