--- title: The seven Queens were delighted to possess so marvellous an animal,… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The seven Queens were delighted to possess so marvellous an animal, and though they toiled from morning till night making curds and whey, besides selling milk to the confectioners, they could not use half the cow gave, and became richer and richer day by day. Who acts: seven Queens, Queens, cow. 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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 (seven Queens, Queens, cow), 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:pg7128:19:44 # text = The seven Queens were delighted to possess so marvellous an animal, and though they toiled from morning till night making curds and whey, besides selling milk to the confectioners, they could not use half the cow gave, and became richer and richer day by day. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 Queens Queen PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 marvellous marvellous X FW Foreign=Yes 11 dep _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 14 though though SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 toiled toil VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 19 till till ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 22 curds curd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 whey whey NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 besides besides ADP IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 selling sell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 28 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 confectioners confectioner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 37 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 39 det:predet _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 44 richer rich ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 47 amod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 richer rich ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 44 conj _ _ 47 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 xcomp _ _ 48 by by ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the seven Queens | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **possess** | to-infinitive | the seven Queens *not said here* | a animal | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot animal=Theme | | 3 | **toil** | past | Queens *= queen* | | | | morning; night | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **make** | gerund | Queens *= queen* *not said here* | curds and whey | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset curd=Product | | 5 | **sell** | gerund | Queens *= queen* *not said here* | milk | the confectioners | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent milk=Theme to confectioner=Recipient | | 6 | **not** **use** | could | Queens *= queen* | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **give** | past | half cow | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **become** | past | half cow *not said here* | richer day by day | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/45/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/)