--- title: Nevertheless she pretended to be charmed with his success, and told… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Nevertheless she pretended to be charmed with his success, and told him that if he would give her this pigeon also, she would reward him with the Jogi's wonderful cow, whose milk flows all day long, and makes a pond as big as a kingdom. Who acts: thirteen, lad, milk. 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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 (thirteen, lad, milk), 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:pg7128:19:33 # text = Nevertheless she pretended to be charmed with his success, and told him that if he would give her this pigeon also, she would reward him with the Jogi's wonderful cow, whose milk flows all day long, and makes a pond as big as a kingdom. 1 Nevertheless nevertheless ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 charmed charm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 success success NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 pigeon pigeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 also also ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 reward reward VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Jogi Jogi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 's 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 flows flow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 38 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 39 det _ _ 39 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl:unmarked _ _ 40 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 as as ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ _ 48 as as ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | past | thirteen | | | | | nevertheless *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **charm** | to-infinitive · passive | thirteen *not said here* | | | | | with lad's success | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | thirteen *not said here* | | lad | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | lad | this pigeon | thirteen | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient pigeon=Theme | | 5 | **reward** | would | thirteen | | lad | | | with the Jogi's wonderful cow | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with cow=Theme | | 6 | **flow** | present | milk | | | | | long *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **make** | present | thirteen *not said here* | a pond | | | | big *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pond=Product | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/34/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/)