--- title: Soon she came to the heap of ashes, and knowing by her arts what it… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Soon she came to the heap of ashes, and knowing by her arts what it was, she took a little water, and kneading the ashes into a paste, formed it into the likeness of a man; then, putting a drop of blood from her little finger into its mouth, she blew on it, and instantly the son of seven Queens star --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/57/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/) / [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/) / 57 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13, sentence 57 Soon she came to the heap of ashes, and knowing by her arts what it was, she took a little water, and kneading the ashes into a paste, formed it into the likeness of a man; then, putting a drop of blood from her little finger into its mouth, she blew on it, and instantly the son of seven Queens started up as well as ever. **Who acts:** hag, it, son · **What happens:** come, know, be, take, knead, form · **To what, where:** heap, little water, ashes, paste, likeness, drop This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hag, it, son), 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:pg7128:19:57 # text = Soon she came to the heap of ashes, and knowing by her arts what it was, she took a little water, and kneading the ashes into a paste, formed it into the likeness of a man; then, putting a drop of blood from her little finger into its mouth, she blew on it, and instantly the son of seven Queens started up as well as ever. 1 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 knowing know VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 csubj _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 arts art NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obl _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 kneading knead VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 paste paste NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 likeness likeness NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 drop drop NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 49 from from ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 53 into into ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 59 on on ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 63 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 68 nummod _ _ 68 Queens queen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 nmod _ _ 69 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 70 up up ADP RP _ 69 compound:prt _ _ 71 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 69 advmod _ _ 72 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 71 fixed _ _ 73 as as ADP IN _ 71 fixed _ _ 74 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 71 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | hag | | | the heap of ashes | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to heap=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **know** | gerund | | | | | | by hag's arts | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | past | it | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **take** | past | hag | a little water | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 5 | **knead** | gerund | hag *not said here* | the ashes | | a paste | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent ash=Material into paste=Product | | 6 | **form** | past | hag *not said here* | heap | | the likeness of a man | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 7 | **put** | gerund | hag *not said here* | a drop of blood | | hag's little finger | then | into blood's mouth | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent drop=Goal | | 8 | **blow** | past | hag | | | blood | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **start up** | past | the son of seven Queens | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/58/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/)