--- title: She held the vessel of water to the King's lips, and as he drank he… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She held the vessel of water to the King's lips, and as he drank he looked into her eyes, and then it became clear to him that the girl was no other than the white hind with the golden horns and silver feet he had chased so far. Who acts: woman, king, vessel, girl. 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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 (woman, king, vessel, girl), 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:pg7128:18:115 # text = She held the vessel of water to the King's lips, and as he drank he looked into her eyes, and then it became clear to him that the girl was no other than the white hind with the golden horns and silver feet he had chased so far. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 27 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 advcl _ _ 36 than than ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 hind hind NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 chased chase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl:relcl _ _ 50 so so ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | past | woman | the vessel of water | | | | to the King's lips | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme | | 2 | **drink** | past | king | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **look** | past | king | | | | | into woman's eyes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into eye=Theme | | 4 | **become** | past | vessel | | king | | then | clear *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is** | past | the girl | | | | | than the white hind with the golden horns and silver feet; other *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **chase** | past · perfect · passive | the white hind with the golden horns and silver feet *not said here* | king | | | | far *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: subject=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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/116/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/)