--- title: She returned the ogress's embrace, and invited her to come and stay… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She returned the ogress's embrace, and invited her to come and stay in the house as long as she could, and treated her with such honour and attention, that the ogress thought to herself, "I shall soon accomplish my errand." Who acts: princess, ogress. 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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 (princess, ogress), 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:pg7128:16:96 # text = She returned the ogress's embrace, and invited her to come and stay in the house as long as she could, and treated her with such honour and attention, that the ogress thought to herself, "I shall soon accomplish my errand." 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 ogress ogress NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 embrace embrace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 invited invite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 as as ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 treated treat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 ogress ogress NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 advmod _ _ 44 accomplish accomplish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 45 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 errand errand NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | princess | the ogress's embrace | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent embrace=Theme | | 2 | **invite** | past | princess *not said here* | princess | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **stay** | infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | the house | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location | | 5 | **treat** | past | | | princess | | | with such honour and attention | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with honour=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the ogress | | princess | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **accomplish** *in a quote* | shall | the ogress *= ogress* | my errand | | | | soon *property* | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent errand=Eventuality | | 8 | **embrace** | | the ogress | | | | | | nom embrace «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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/97/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/16/)