--- title: Now the King was very fond of hunting, and one day, before he starte… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now the King was very fond of hunting, and one day, before he started, the seven Queens sent him a message saying, "May it please our dearest lord not to hunt towards the north to-day, for we have dreamt bad dreams, and fear lest evil should befall you." Who acts: King, seven Queens, message, we. 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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 (King, seven Queens, message, we), 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:pg7128:18:104 # text = Now the King was very fond of hunting, and one day, before he started, the seven Queens sent him a message saying, "May it please our dearest lord not to hunt towards the north to-day, for we have dreamt bad dreams, and fear lest evil should befall you." 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 before before SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 Queens Queen PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 21 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 May may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 30 please please INTJ UH _ 36 discourse _ _ 31 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 dearest dear ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 33 amod _ _ 33 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 37 towards towards ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 for for SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 dreamt dreamt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 conj _ _ 48 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 dreams dream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 52 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 53 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 55 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 befall befall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 57 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 " " PUNCT '' _ 56 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the King | | | | now | of hunting and one day; fond *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **start** | past | king | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **send** | past | the seven Queens | king | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a message *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **hunt** *in a quote* | may | message | | | | day | towards the north | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **dreamt** *in a quote* | present · perfect | we | bad dreams | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **befall** *in a quote* | should | fear lest evil | you | | | | | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/105/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/)