--- title: The traders had no weapons with them, and so, though they were many… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The traders had no weapons with them, and so, though they were many more in number, they had to submit themselves to the robbers, who took away everything from them, even the very clothes they wore, and gave to each only a small loin-cloth a span in breadth and a cubit in length. Who acts: traders, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/41/) [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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/) / 41 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14, sentence 41 The traders had no weapons with them, and so, though they were many more in number, they had to submit themselves to the robbers, who took away everything from them, even the very clothes they wore, and gave to each only a small loin-cloth a span in breadth and a cubit in length. **Who acts:** traders, robbers · **What happens:** have, be, submit, take away, wear, give · **To what, where:** weapons, number, traders, robbers, everything, clothes This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (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:pg7128:20:41 # text = The traders had no weapons with them, and so, though they were many more in number, they had to submit themselves to the robbers, who took away everything from them, even the very clothes they wore, and gave to each only a small loin-cloth a span in breadth and a cubit in length. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 traders trader NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 weapons weapon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 though though SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 submit submit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 away away ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 30 obj _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 even even ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 very very ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 30 obl _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 46 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 52 nsubj _ _ 47 only only ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 49 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 50 loin loin NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 span span NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 breadth breadth NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 cubit cubit NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ _ 60 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the traders | no weapons | | | | with weapons *= weapon* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weapon=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | traders *= trader* | | | number | | more *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | past | traders *= trader* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **submit** | to-infinitive | traders *= trader* *not said here* | traders *= trader* | the robbers | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme to robber=Recipient | | 5 | **take away** | past | the robbers | everything | | | | from traders *= trader*; the clothes *obl* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme from they=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **wear** | past | traders *= trader* | the clothes *not said here* | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent clothes=Source | | 7 | **give** | past | traders *= trader* *not said here* | a span | a small loin cloth | breadth and a cubit in length | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent span=Theme to cloth=Recipient | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/42/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/)