--- title: Now at that time the king of Kosala, Mallika by name, was also rulin… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now at that time the king of Kosala, Mallika by name, was also ruling his kingdom with righteousness; and when seeking for some fault in himself, he also found no fault-finder in the palace but only heard of his own virtue! Who acts: Mallika. 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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 (Mallika), 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:pg7128:20:3 # text = Now at that time the king of Kosala, Mallika by name, was also ruling his kingdom with righteousness; and when seeking for some fault in himself, he also found no fault-finder in the palace but only heard of his own virtue! 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Kosala Kosala PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 Mallika Mallika PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 also also ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 ruling rule VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 righteousness righteousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 24 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 27 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 also also ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 37 det _ _ 35 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 finder finder NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 only only ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 virtue virtue NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rule** | past · progressive | Mallika *not said here* | Mallika's kingdom | | | now | with righteousness | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | | 2 | **seek** | gerund | Mallika *not said here* | | | | | for some fault; in Mallika | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for fault=Theme in himself=Location | | 3 | **find** | past | Mallika | no fault finder | | the palace | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finder=Topic | | 4 | **hear** | participle | Mallika *not said here* | | | | | of Mallika's own virtue | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of virtue=Stimulus | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/4/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/)