--- title: However, when he would take no refusal, but implored her to have pit… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: However, when he would take no refusal, but implored her to have pity on him, promising her everything she could desire, she replied, "Give me the eyes of your seven Queens, and then perhaps I may believe you mean what you say." Who acts: king, woman, you. 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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, woman, you), 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:pg7128:18:117 # text = However, when he would take no refusal, but implored her to have pity on him, promising her everything she could desire, she replied, "Give me the eyes of your seven Queens, and then perhaps I may believe you mean what you say." 1 However however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 refusal refusal NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 implored implore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 15 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 promising promise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 19 obj _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 desire desire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 Queens queen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 40 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 41 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 49 obj _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | would | king | no refusal | | | | however *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refusal=Theme | | 2 | **implore** | past | king *not said here* | woman | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | pity | | | | on king | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pity=Patient | | 4 | **promise** *speech: promise* | gerund | king *not said here* | everything | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent everything=Theme | | 5 | **desire** | could | woman | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the eyes of your seven Queens | woman | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient eye=Theme | | 8 | **believe** *in a quote* | may | woman | you | | | then | perhaps *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **mean** *in a quote* | infinitive | woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | 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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/118/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/)