--- title: Seeing them so comfortably off, the son of seven Queens started with… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Seeing them so comfortably off, the son of seven Queens started with a light heart to marry the Princess; but when passing the white hind's palace he could not resist sending a bolt at some pigeons which were cooing on the parapet. Who acts: son, pigeons. 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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 (son, pigeons), 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:pg7128:19:45 # text = Seeing them so comfortably off, the son of seven Queens started with a light heart to marry the Princess; but when passing the white hind's palace he could not resist sending a bolt at some pigeons which were cooing on the parapet. 1 Seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 comfortably comfortably ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 off off ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 Queens queen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 24 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 hind hind NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 's 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 resist resist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 34 sending send VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 xcomp _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 bolt bolt NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 39 det _ _ 39 pigeons pigeon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 cooing coo VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 parapet parapet NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | the son of seven Queens *not said here* | Queens *= queen* | | | | off *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 2 | **start** | past | the son of seven Queens | | | | | with a light heart | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with heart=Subeventuality | | 3 | **marry** | to-infinitive | the son of seven Queens *not said here* | the Princess | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient | | 4 | **pass** | gerund | son *not said here* | the white hind's palace | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Trajectory | | 5 | **not** **resist** | could | son | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **send** | gerund | son *not said here* | a bolt | | some pigeons | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bolt=Theme | | 7 | **coo** | past · progressive | some pigeons | | | the parapet | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/46/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/)