--- title: So the leader by his song meant to hint to his fellow-traders that t… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the leader by his song meant to hint to his fellow-traders that they were ten men, the robbers only three, that if three pounced upon each of the robbers, nine of them could hold them down, while the remaining one bound the robbers' hands and feet. Who acts: leader, traders, three, nine. A senten --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/61/) [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/) / 61 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14, sentence 61 So the leader by his song meant to hint to his fellow-traders that they were ten men, the robbers only three, that if three pounced upon each of the robbers, nine of them could hold them down, while the remaining one bound the robbers' hands and feet. **Who acts:** leader, traders, three, nine · **What happens:** mean, hint, be, pounce, hold down, remain · **To what, where:** fellow traders, ten men, traders, one 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 (leader, traders, three, nine), 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:pg7128:20:61 # text = So the leader by his song meant to hint to his fellow-traders that they were ten men, the robbers only three, that if three pounced upon each of the robbers, nine of them could hold them down, while the remaining one bound the robbers' hands and feet. 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 hint hint VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 12 fellow fellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 traders trader NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 23 only only ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nsubj _ _ 29 pounced pounce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 30 upon upon ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 29 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nsubj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nmod _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 down down ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 while while SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 remaining remain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 47 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 obj _ _ 48 bound bound ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ' 's PART POS _ 50 case _ _ 52 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | past | the leader by leader's song | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **hint** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the leader by leader's song *not said here* | | leader's fellow traders | | | | vn say-37.7-1-2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to trader=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** | past | traders *= trader* | ten men and the robbers three | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **pounce** | past | three | | | | | upon each | tree rules | | 5 | **hold down** | could | nine of traders | traders *= trader* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **remain** | gerund | three *not said here* | one | | | | bound the robbers's hands and feet | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Attribute | | 7 | **sing** | | leader | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/62/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/)