--- title: Then the king of his own accord brought a covered pitcher into which… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the king of his own accord brought a covered pitcher into which he had thrown a frog, and said to Harisarman, "Brahman, if you can guess what there is in this pitcher, I will do you great honour to-day." Who acts: king, Harisarman. 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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 (king, Harisarman), 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:pg7128:16:12 # text = Then the king of his own accord brought a covered pitcher into which he had thrown a frog, and said to Harisarman, "Brahman, if you can guess what there is in this pitcher, I will do you great honour to-day." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 accord accord NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 pitcher pitcher NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obl _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Harisarman Harisarman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Brahman brahman NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 guess guess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 32 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 34 obj _ _ 33 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 34 expl _ _ 34 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 37 pitcher pitcher NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 iobj _ _ 43 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | the king of king's own accord | a covered pitcher | | | then | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent pitcher=Theme | | 2 | **cover** | participle | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **throw** | past · perfect | king | a frog | | a covered pitcher | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer frog=Theme into which=Result | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king of king's own accord *not said here* | | Harisarman | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to harisarman=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **guess** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | Harisarman | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **be** *in a quote* | present | | | | there | | in this pitcher | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot what=Theme in pitcher=Attribute | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | future | the king of king's own accord *= king* | great honour | Harisarman | | day | | tree rules | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/13/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/)