--- title: Then the women, drenched with water, went weeping and wailing to the… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the women, drenched with water, went weeping and wailing to the palace, complaining to the King that a mighty young Prince in shining armour, with a parrot on his wrist and a gallant steed beside him, sat by the well, and broke their pitchers. Who acts: women. 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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 (women), 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:pg7128:20:86 # text = Then the women, drenched with water, went weeping and wailing to the palace, complaining to the King that a mighty young Prince in shining armour, with a parrot on his wrist and a gallant steed beside him, sat by the well, and broke their pitchers. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 drenched drench VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 weeping weep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 wailing wail VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 complaining complain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 conj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 24 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 26 in in SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 shining shine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 28 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 wrist wrist NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 gallant gallant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 40 beside beside ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 50 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 pitchers pitcher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drench** | participle | | the women *not said here* | | | | with water | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with water=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | the women | | | | then | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **weep** | gerund | the women *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **wail** | gerund | the women *not said here* | | the palace | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to palace=Recipient | | 5 | **complain** *speech: other* | gerund | the women *not said here* | a mighty young Prince | the King | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient | | 6 | **shine** | gerund | the women *not said here* | armour | | | | with a parrot on Prince's wrist and a gallant steed beside Prince | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent armour=Theme | | 7 | **sit** | past | the women *not said here* | | | | | by the well | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by well=Location | | 8 | **break** | past | the women *not said here* | women's pitchers | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pitcher=Patient | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/87/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/)