--- title: Seeing the treacherous words, she said nothing, but taking another s… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Seeing the treacherous words, she said nothing, but taking another similar-shaped bit of potsherd, she wrote on it these words--"Take care of this lad, giving him all he desires," and returned it to the son of seven Queens, who, none the wiser, set off on his quest. Who acts: bride, all, son. 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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 (bride, all, son), 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:pg7128:19:25 # text = Seeing the treacherous words, she said nothing, but taking another similar-shaped bit of potsherd, she wrote on it these words--"Take care of this lad, giving him all he desires," and returned it to the son of seven Queens, who, none the wiser, set off on his quest. 1 Seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 treacherous treacherous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 12 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 16 det _ _ 13 similar similar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 shaped shape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 amod _ _ 16 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 potsherd potsherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 29 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 38 nsubj _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 desires desire VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 nummod _ _ 49 Queens queen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 55 nsubj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 wiser wise ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 57 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 conj _ _ 58 off off ADP RP _ 57 compound:prt _ _ 59 on on ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 quest quest NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | bride *not said here* | the treacherous words | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | bride | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 3 | **take** | gerund | bride *not said here* | another shaped bit of potsherd | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Theme | | 4 | **shape** | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 5 | **write** | past | bride | this words | | potsherd | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent word=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | bride *not said here* | care | | | | of this lad | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of lad=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **give** *in a quote* | gerund | bride *not said here* | | lad | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **desire** *in a quote* | present | all | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 9 | **return** | past | bride *not said here* | care | the son of seven Queens | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to son=Destination | | 10 | **set off** | participle | bride *not said here* | | | son's quest | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **quest** | | son | | | | | | nom quest «cognition intransitive»: 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/26/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/)