--- title: So he took the lead in the dance, and, as a song is always sung by t… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So he took the lead in the dance, and, as a song is always sung by the leader on such occasions, to which the rest keep time with hands and feet, he thus began to sing: Who acts: assurance, leader, rest. 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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 (assurance, leader, rest), 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:pg7128:20:49 # text = So he took the lead in the dance, and, as a song is always sung by the leader on such occasions, to which the rest keep time with hands and feet, he thus began to sing: 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lead lead NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 16 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 17 advmod _ _ 17 sung sing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 occasions occasion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 obl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 30 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 thus thus ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | assurance | the lead | | the dance | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lead=Value in dance=Location | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | present · passive | the leader | | | such occasions | | as a song; always *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on occasion=Location | | 3 | **keep** | present | the rest | | | | time | with hands and feet | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **begin** | past | assurance | | | | | thus *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **sing** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | assurance *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/50/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/)