--- title: Secondly, If a man has a married sister, and visits her in great pom… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Secondly, If a man has a married sister, and visits her in great pomp, she will receive him for the sake of what she can obtain from him; but if he comes to her in poverty, she will frown on him and disown him. Who acts: man, scrap, Bhagawant. 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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 (man, scrap, Bhagawant), 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:pg7128:17:105 # text = Secondly, If a man has a married sister, and visits her in great pomp, she will receive him for the sake of what she can obtain from him; but if he comes to her in poverty, she will frown on him and disown him. 1 Secondly secondly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 If if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 married married ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 visits visit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 pomp pomp NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nmod _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 poverty poverty NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 frown frown VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 disown disown VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | a man | a married sister | | | | secondly *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Patient | | 2 | **visit** | present | a man *not said here* | scrap | | great pomp | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | | 3 | **receive** | future | scrap | man | | | | for the sake | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **obtain** | can | scrap | | | | | from Bhagawant | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from he=Source | | 5 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Bhagawant | | scrap | poverty | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **frown** | future | scrap | | | | | on Bhagawant | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **disown** | infinitive | scrap *not said here* | Bhagawant | | | | | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/106/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/)