--- title: All these things he brought home to his seven mothers, as he loved t… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: All these things he brought home to his seven mothers, as he loved to call the seven blind Queens, who by his help lived on in their dungeon when all the world thought they had starved to death ages before. Who acts: things, boy, seven blind Queens, world. 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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 (things, boy, seven blind Queens, world), 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:pg7128:19:3 # text = All these things he brought home to his seven mothers, as he loved to call the seven blind Queens, who by his help lived on in their dungeon when all the world thought they had starved to death ages before. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 mothers mother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 19 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 Queens queen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 26 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 27 on on ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 dungeon dungeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 starved starve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 ccomp _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 42 before before ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | all things | | boy's seven mothers | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to mother=Destination | | 2 | **love** | past | boy | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **call** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* | | the seven blind Queens | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent queen=Recipient | | 4 | **live on** | past | the seven blind Queens | | | things's dungeon | | by boy's help | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dungeon=Location | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | all world | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **starve** | past · perfect | things *= thing* | | | | to death ages | before *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **help** | | boy | | | | | | nom help «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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/4/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/)