--- title: And when his host, richly attired, led him straight to the private h… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And when his host, richly attired, led him straight to the private hall, where on royal thrones sat the seven Queens, dressed as he had last seen them, he was speechless with surprise, until the Princess, coming forward, threw herself at his feet, and told him the whole story. 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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 (host, royal thrones, King), 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:pg7128:19:65 # text = And when his host, richly attired, led him straight to the private hall, where on royal thrones sat the seven Queens, dressed as he had last seen them, he was speechless with surprise, until the Princess, coming forward, threw herself at his feet, and told him the whole story. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 richly richly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 attired attire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 straight straight ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 thrones throne NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 21 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 Queens queen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 last last ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 speechless speechless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 until until ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 45 forward forward ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 48 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 47 obj _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 iobj _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attire** | participle | | King's host *not said here* | | | | richly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **lead** | past | King's host | King | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sit** | past | royal thrones | the seven Queens | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location queen=Theme | | 4 | **dress** | participle | | the seven Queens *not said here* | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **see** | past · perfect | King | Queens *= queen* | | | | last *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | past | King | | | | | with surprise; speechless *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **come forward** | gerund | King's host *not said here* | | | | | forward *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **throw** | past | King's host *not said here* | host | | King's feet | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent herself=Theme at foot=Destination | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | King's host *not said here* | the whole story | King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient story=Topic | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/66/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/)