--- title: On leaving he told her how she and her husband had treated him at hi… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: On leaving he told her how she and her husband had treated him at his first visit, and how he had escaped; and then gave them two elephants, two beautiful horses, fifteen soldiers, and ten lacs rupees' worth of jewels. Who acts: prince, ten lacs. 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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 (prince, ten lacs), 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:pg7128:18:63 # text = On leaving he told her how she and her husband had treated him at his first visit, and how he had escaped; and then gave them two elephants, two beautiful horses, fifteen soldiers, and ten lacs rupees' worth of jewels. 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 17 amod _ _ 17 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 escaped escape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 27 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 elephants elephant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 33 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 40 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 lacs lac NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 42 rupees rupee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ' 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 worth worth NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 parataxis _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | gerund | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | prince | | sister | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **treat** | past · perfect · passive | | sister | | prince's first visit | | | tree rules | | 4 | **escape** | past · perfect | prince | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **give** | past | prince *not said here* | two elephants and two beautiful horses and fifteen soldiers | husbands *= husband* | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient elephant=Theme | | 6 | **worth** | | ten lacs | | | | | of jewels | tree rules | | 7 | **visit** | | prince | | | | | | nom visit «act 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/64/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/18/)