--- title: These creatures got very fond of him, and would follow him about dur… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: These creatures got very fond of him, and would follow him about during the day, and sleep by him at night; the cat used to sleep at his feet, the dog at his head, and the snake over his body, with its head hanging on one side and its tail on the other. Who acts: creatures, head. 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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 (creatures, head), 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:pg7128:16:41 # text = These creatures got very fond of him, and would follow him about during the day, and sleep by him at night; the cat used to sleep at his feet, the dog at his head, and the snake over his body, with its head hanging on one side and its tail on the other. 1 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 follow follow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 about about ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 during during ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 sleep sleep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 27 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 30 at at 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 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 43 over over ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 50 hanging hang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 49 acl _ _ 51 on on ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 53 nummod _ _ 53 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 conj _ _ 57 on on ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | this creatures | the cat | | | | the snake over man's body *obl*; fond *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cat=Stimulus | | 2 | **follow** | would | | man | | | day | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **sleep** | infinitive | | | | | night | by man | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **use** | participle | | the cat *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | | | | man's feet | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **hang** | gerund | dog's head *not said here* | | | one side and dog's tail | | on the other | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/42/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/)