--- title: He instantly ordered his attendants to form a ring round the thicket… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He instantly ordered his attendants to form a ring round the thicket, and so encircle the hind; then, gradually narrowing the circle, he pressed forward till he could distinctly see the white hind panting in the midst. Who acts: king, attendants, 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, attendants, white hind), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Checked tree.** This sentence is in the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3 (`gutenberg:pg7128:1288`): parsed by Mova, then checked and patched by a teacher model under UD validation gates — Mova annot: Rust (en) → Claude Opus (medium) patches; gates UD 2.18. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg7128:18:109 # text = He instantly ordered his attendants to form a ring round the thicket, and so encircle the hind; then, gradually narrowing the circle, he pressed forward till he could distinctly see the white hind panting in the midst. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 form form VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 round round ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 thicket thicket NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 encircle encircle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 hind hind NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 20 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 gradually gradually ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 narrowing narrow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 circle circle NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 pressed press VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 forward forward ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 till till SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 distinctly distinctly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 hind hind NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 panting pant VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 xcomp _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | king | king's attendants | | | | instantly *property* | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent attendant=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **form** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | king's attendants *not said here* | a ring | | | | round the thicket | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ring=Theme | | 3 | **encircle** | infinitive | king's attendants *not said here* | the hind | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hind=Co-Theme | | 4 | **narrow** | gerund | king *not said here* | the circle | | | | gradually *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent circle=Patient | | 5 | **press forward** | past | king | | | | then | forward *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **see** | could | king | the white hind | | | | distinctly *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **pant** | gerund | the white hind *not said here* | | | the midst | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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:** the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3, Apache-2.0 OR MIT. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/110/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/)