--- title: "I must go and see where the voices come from!" he said; and when hi… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "I must go and see where the voices come from!" he said; and when his nurses told him he must not go for one year more, he only laughed aloud, saying, "Nay! Who acts: Rasalu, voices, nurses. 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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 (Rasalu, voices, nurses), 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:pg7128:20:80 # text = "I must go and see where the voices come from!" he said; and when his nurses told him he must not go for one year more, he only laughed aloud, saying, "Nay! 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 18 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 nurses nurse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 21 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 only only ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 35 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 37 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | must | Rasalu | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | Rasalu *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **come** *in a quote* | present | the voices | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Rasalu | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Rasalu's nurses | | Rasalu | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **go** | must | Rasalu | more | | | year | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location more=Theme | | 7 | **laugh** | past | Rasalu | | | | | aloud *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Rasalu *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/81/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/)