--- title: Then the lad answered, according to the old hag's bidding, "I want y… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the lad answered, according to the old hag's bidding, "I want your skin, for King Indra is making a new kettle-drum, and says your skin is nice and tough." Who acts: lad, King Indra, skin, old hag. 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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, King Indra, skin, old hag), 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:pg7128:19:41 # text = Then the lad answered, according to the old hag's bidding, "I want your skin, for King Indra is making a new kettle-drum, and says your skin is nice and tough." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 according accord VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 hag hag NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 bidding bidding NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 Indra Indra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 26 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 27 kettle kettle NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 ccomp _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 tough tough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the lad | | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | the lad *not said here* | | | | | to the old hag's bidding *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to bidding=Goal | | 3 | **want** *in a quote* | present | the lad *= lad* | your skin | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot skin=Theme | | 4 | **make** *in a quote* | present · progressive | King Indra | a new kettle drum | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drum=Product | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | your skin | | | | | nice *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | | your skin *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **bid** | | the old hag | | | | | | nom bidding «communication 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/42/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/)