--- title: In it there lived three notorious robbers, of whose existence the tr… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In it there lived three notorious robbers, of whose existence the traders had never heard, and while they were still in the middle of it the robbers stood before them, with swords and cudgels in their hands, and ordered them to lay down all they had. Who acts: village, traders, robbers. 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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 (village, traders, robbers), 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:pg7128:20:40 # text = In it there lived three notorious robbers, of whose existence the traders had never heard, and while they were still in the middle of it the robbers stood before them, with swords and cudgels in their hands, and ordered them to lay down all they had. 1 In in SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 6 notorious notorious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 existence existence NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 traders trader NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 19 while while SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 22 still still ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 31 before before ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 swords sword NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 cudgels cudgel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 47 down down ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 46 obj _ _ 49 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | village | three notorious robbers | | there | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme robber=Location | | 2 | **not** **hear** | past · perfect · passive | | the traders | | | | of existence | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | traders *= trader* | | | the middle | still | of village | tree rules | | 4 | **stand** | past | the robbers | | | | before traders *= trader* | with swords in traders's hands and cudgels | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before they=Location | | 5 | **order** | past | the robbers *not said here* | | traders *= trader* | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **lay down** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the robbers *not said here* | all | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Result | | 7 | **have** | past | robbers *= robber* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/41/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/)