--- title: But when he looked in on his Princess, just to prevent her becoming… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But when he looked in on his Princess, just to prevent her becoming anxious about him, she asked to see the potsherd as usual, and substituted another, on which was written, "Yet again give this lad all he requires, for his blood shall be as your blood!" Who acts: lad, Princess, blood. 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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, Princess, blood), 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:pg7128:19:51 # text = But when he looked in on his Princess, just to prevent her becoming anxious about him, she asked to see the potsherd as usual, and substituted another, on which was written, "Yet again give this lad all he requires, for his blood shall be as your blood!" 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 just just ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 prevent prevent VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 becoming become VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 15 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 16 about about ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 potsherd potsherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 as as ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 substituted substitute VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 30 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obl _ _ 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 , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 again again ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 41 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 all all ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 requires require VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 50 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 cop _ _ 52 as as ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ! ! PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look in** | past | lad | | | | | on lad's Princess | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on princess=Theme | | 2 | **prevent** | to-infinitive | | Princess | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer she=Theme | | 3 | **become** | gerund | | | | | | anxious *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Princess | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | the potsherd | | | | as usual | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer potsherd=Stimulus as usual=Attribute | | 6 | **substitute** | past | Princess *not said here* | another | | | | | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Theme another=Location | | 7 | **write** | past · passive | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: on which=Destination | | 8 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | Princess *not said here* | this lad | | | again | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lad=Theme | | 9 | **require** *in a quote* | present | lad | | | | | all *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | lad's blood | | | | | for your blood | tree rules | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/52/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/)