--- title: On reaching her home the Brahmani told her parents of her meeting wi… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: On reaching her home the Brahmani told her parents of her meeting with her husband, and what a valuable piece of paper he had given her; but not liking to go before the king herself, she sent one of her relations. Who acts: Brahmani, scrap. 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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 (Brahmani, scrap), 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:pg7128:17:107 # text = On reaching her home the Brahmani told her parents of her meeting with her husband, and what a valuable piece of paper he had given her; but not liking to go before the king herself, she sent one of her relations. 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 reaching reach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Brahmani Brahmani PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 iobj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 valuable valuable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 liking like VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 ccomp _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 before before ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 41 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 relations relation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | gerund | the Brahmani *not said here* | scrap's home | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent home=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Brahmani | | scrap's parents of scrap's meeting with scrap's husband | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | scrap | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient she=Theme | | 4 | **not** **like** | gerund | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | scrap | | | before the king | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before king=Location | | 6 | **send** | past | scrap | one of scrap's relations | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/108/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/)