--- title: The people there, when they heard him say that, raised a shout of ap… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The people there, when they heard him say that, raised a shout of applause, because his speech chimed in so well with the object presented to him, and murmured, "Ah! a great sage, he knows even about the frog!" Who acts: people, Fate, speech. 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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 (people, Fate, speech), 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:pg7128:16:14 # text = The people there, when they heard him say that, raised a shout of applause, because his speech chimed in so well with the object presented to him, and murmured, "Ah! a great sage, he knows even about the frog!" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 3 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 shout shout NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 applause applause NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 because because SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 chimed chime VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 presented present VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 murmured murmur VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 40 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ! ! PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 sage sage NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 44 even even ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 45 about about ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the people | Fate | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Fate *not said here* | that | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic | | 3 | **raise** | past | | a shout of applause | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shout=Theme | | 4 | **chime** | participle | Fate's speech | | | the object | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in object=Location | | 5 | **present** | participle | | the object *not said here* | Fate | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 6 | **murmur** *speech: other* | past | the people *not said here* | a great sage | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **know** *in a quote* | present | Fate | the frog | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer frog=Stimulus | | 8 | **shout** | | | applause | | | | | nom shout «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **speak** | | Fate | | | | | | nom speech «communication 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/15/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/)