--- title: Here also he was at first unsuccessful, but just as he had made up h… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Here also he was at first unsuccessful, but just as he had made up his mind to give up for that day, a white hind with golden horns and silver hoofs flashed past him into a thicket. Who acts: king, white hind. 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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, white hind), 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:pg7128:18:107 # text = Here also he was at first unsuccessful, but just as he had made up his mind to give up for that day, a white hind with golden horns and silver hoofs flashed past him into a thicket. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 2 also also ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 obl _ _ 7 unsuccessful unsuccessful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 just just ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 hind hind NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 hoofs hoof NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 34 flashed flash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl _ _ 35 past past ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 thicket thicket NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | king | | | here | | unsuccessful *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **make up** | past · perfect | king | king's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 3 | **give up** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | day | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **flash** | past | a white hind with golden horns and silver hoofs *not said here* | | | a thicket | | past king | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into thicket=Recipient | | 5 | **mind** | | king | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/108/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/)