--- title: The lad, however, was only too glad to get any at all, so he hurried… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The lad, however, was only too glad to get any at all, so he hurried home as fast as he could to his seven mothers, and gave two eyes apiece to the six elder Queens; but to the youngest he gave one, saying, "Dearest little mother!--I will be your other eye always!" Who acts: lad. 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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 (lad), 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:pg7128:19:28 # text = The lad, however, was only too glad to get any at all, so he hurried home as fast as he could to his seven mothers, and gave two eyes apiece to the six elder Queens; but to the youngest he gave one, saying, "Dearest little mother!--I will be your other eye always!" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 too too ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 12 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 11 obj _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 hurried hurry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 19 home home ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 as as ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 mothers mother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 32 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 apiece apiece ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 38 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 Queens queen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 46 obl _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 47 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 " " PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 Dearest dear ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 54 amod _ _ 53 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ! ! PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 -- -- PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 58 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 59 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 62 cop _ _ 60 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 61 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 63 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 62 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ! ! PUNCT . _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 " " PUNCT '' _ 62 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the lad | | | | | glad, however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | the lad *not said here* | any | | all | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent any=Theme at all=Asset | | 3 | **hurry** | past | lad | | | | | fast, home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **give** | past | lad *not said here* | two eyes | | | | apiece *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 5 | **give** | past | lad | one | the youngest | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Theme to young=Recipient | | 6 | **say** *speech: express* | gerund | lad *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | future | lad | your other eye | | | | always *property* | tree rules | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/29/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/)