--- title: The next morning the Brahmani took the paper, and while she was goin… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The next morning the Brahmani took the paper, and while she was going along the road to the darbar reading it, the king's son met her, and asked what she was reading, whereupon she replied that she held in her hands a paper containing certain bits of advice, for which she wanted a lac of rupees. 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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, darbar, son), 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:pg7128:17:109 # text = The next morning the Brahmani took the paper, and while she was going along the road to the darbar reading it, the king's son met her, and asked what she was reading, whereupon she replied that she held in her hands a paper containing certain bits of advice, for which she wanted a lac of rupees. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Brahmani Brahmani PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 11 while while SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 15 along along ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 darbar darbar NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 reading read VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 's 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 36 obj _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 reading read VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 whereupon whereupon ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 49 containing contain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 48 acl _ _ 50 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 bits bit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 for for ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 58 obl _ _ 57 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 lac lac NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 rupees rupee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the Brahmani | the paper | | | morning | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past · progressive | scrap | | | the road to the darbar | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme along road=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **read** | gerund | the darbar *not said here* | paper | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 4 | **meet** | past | the king's son | scrap | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Brahmani *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **read** | past · progressive | scrap | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 7 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | scrap | | | | | whereupon *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **hold** | past | scrap | | | scrap's hands and a paper | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hand=Location | | 9 | **contain** | gerund | a paper *not said here* | certain bits of advice | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bit=Theme | | 10 | **want** | past | scrap | a lac of rupees | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot lac=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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/110/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/)