--- title: The lad, nothing loth, gave her the pigeon; whereupon, as before, sh… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The lad, nothing loth, gave her the pigeon; whereupon, as before, she bade him go ask her mother for the cow, and gave him a potsherd whereon was written--"Kill this lad without fail, and sprinkle his blood like water!" Who acts: lad, thirteen. 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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, thirteen), 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:pg7128:19:34 # text = The lad, nothing loth, gave her the pigeon; whereupon, as before, she bade him go ask her mother for the cow, and gave him a potsherd whereon was written--"Kill this lad without fail, and sprinkle his blood like water!" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 appos _ _ 5 loth loth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pigeon pigeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 whereupon whereupon ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 before before ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 potsherd potsherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 whereon whereon ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Kill kill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 39 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 without without ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 fail fail NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 sprinkle sprinkle VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 like like ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the lad | the pigeon | thirteen | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bade** | past | thirteen | lad | | | | before *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | thirteen *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | thirteen *not said here* | | thirteen's mother | | | for the cow | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mother=Recipient | | 5 | **give** | past | the lad *not said here* | a potsherd | lad | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient potsherd=Theme | | 6 | **write** | past · passive | the lad *not said here* | | | | | whereon *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: clause=Topic | | 7 | **kill** *in a quote* | infinitive | | this lad | | | | without fail | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lad=Theme | | 8 | **sprinkle** *in a quote* | infinitive | | lad's blood | | | | like water | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent blood=Theme | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/35/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/)