--- title: The ten traders now took back all their property, and armed themselv… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The ten traders now took back all their property, and armed themselves with the swords and cudgels of their enemies; and when they reached their village, they often amused their friends and relatives by relating their adventure. Who acts: ten traders, traders. 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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 (ten traders, traders), 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:pg7128:20:67 # text = The ten traders now took back all their property, and armed themselves with the swords and cudgels of their enemies; and when they reached their village, they often amused their friends and relatives by relating their adventure. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 traders trader NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 property property NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 armed arm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 swords sword NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 cudgels cudgel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 24 when when SCONJ WRB _ 26 mark _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 often often ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 amused amuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 relatives relative NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 37 by by SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 relating relate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 adventure adventure NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take back** | past | the ten traders | traders's property | | | now | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent property=Theme | | 2 | **arm** | past | the ten traders *not said here* | traders *= trader* | | | | with the swords and cudgels of traders's enemies | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent themselves=Recipient with sword=Theme | | 3 | **reach** | past | traders *= trader* | traders's village | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent village=Theme | | 4 | **amuse** | past | traders *= trader* | traders's friends and relatives | | | | often *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus friend=Experiencer | | 5 | **relate** | gerund | traders *= trader* *not said here* | traders's adventure | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adventure=Theme | | 6 | **adventure** | | traders *= trader* | | | | | | nom adventure «act transitive»: 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/68/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/)