--- title: On returning to his house, he at once sent the dog back to its old m… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: On returning to his house, he at once sent the dog back to its old master with a letter rolled under the collar, wherein he had written about the sagacity of the beast, and begged his friend to forget the loan and to accept another five thousand rupees as a present. Who acts: he. 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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 (he), 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:pg7128:18:2 # text = On returning to his house, he at once sent the dog back to its old master with a letter rolled under the collar, wherein he had written about the sagacity of the beast, and begged his friend to forget the loan and to accept another five thousand rupees as a present. 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 returning return VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 7 conj _ _ 9 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 10 advmod _ _ 10 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 back back ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 under under ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 collar collar NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 acl:relcl _ _ 30 about about ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 sagacity sagacity NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 loan loan NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 accept accept VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 48 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 49 det _ _ 49 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 compound _ _ 50 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 51 nummod _ _ 51 rupees rupee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 52 as as ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | to his house *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to house=Result | | 2 | **send back** | past | he | the dog | | dog's old master with a letter | | once *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dog=Theme to master=Destination | | 3 | **roll** | participle | | a letter *not said here* | | the collar | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under collar=Trajectory | | 4 | **write** | past · perfect | he | | | | | about the sagacity of the beast; wherein *property* | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about sagacity=Topic | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | he *not said here* | | his friend | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient | | 6 | **forget** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the loan | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **accept** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | thousand rupees | | | | as a present | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent rupee=Theme as present=Attribute | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/3/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/)