--- title: The King was so carried away by the glamour of the white hind's magi… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The King was so carried away by the glamour of the white hind's magical beauty, that he went home at once, had the eyes of his seven Queens taken out, and, after throwing the poor blind creatures into a noisome dungeon whence they could not escape, set off once more for the hovel in the ravine, bear --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/118/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/) / [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/) / 118 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 12, sentence 118 The King was so carried away by the glamour of the white hind's magical beauty, that he went home at once, had the eyes of his seven Queens taken out, and, after throwing the poor blind creatures into a noisome dungeon whence they could not escape, set off once more for the hovel in the ravine, bearing with him his horrible offering. **Who acts:** glamour, king, eyes · **What happens:** carry away, go, have, take out, throw, not escape · **To what, where:** King, eyes, seven Queens, poor blind creatures, noisome dungeon, horrible offering This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (glamour, king, eyes), 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:pg7128:18:118 # text = The King was so carried away by the glamour of the white hind's magical beauty, that he went home at once, had the eyes of his seven Queens taken out, and, after throwing the poor blind creatures into a noisome dungeon whence they could not escape, set off once more for the hovel in the ravine, bearing with him his horrible offering. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 glamour glamour NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 hind hind NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 magical magical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 21 home home ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 Queens queen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 32 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 33 out out ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 after after SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 noisome noisome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 dungeon dungeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 47 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 51 advmod _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 49 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 51 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ _ 54 off off ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ _ 55 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 56 advmod _ _ 56 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 53 advmod _ _ 57 for for ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 hovel hovel NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 60 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 ravine ravine NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 64 bearing bear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 53 advcl _ _ 65 with with ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obl _ _ 67 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 68 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry away** | past · passive | the glamour of the white hind's magical beauty | the King | | | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | king | | | | | home *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location | | 3 | **have** | past | king *not said here* | the eyes of king's seven Queens | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 4 | **take out** | participle | | king's seven Queens *not said here* | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **throw** | gerund | eyes *= eye* *not said here* | the poor blind creatures | | | | into a noisome dungeon *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer creature=Theme into dungeon=Result | | 6 | **not** **escape** | could | eyes *= eye* | | | | | whence *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **set off** | infinitive | eyes *= eye* *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **bear** | gerund | eyes *= eye* *not said here* | king's horrible offering | | | | with king | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offering=Patient | | 9 | **offer** | | king | | | | | | nom offering «communication 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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/119/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/)