--- title: Now, as soon as Rajah Salabhan heard this, he guessed at once that i… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now, as soon as Rajah Salabhan heard this, he guessed at once that it was Prince Rasalu come forth before the time, and, mindful of the Jogis' words that he would die if he looked on his son's face before twelve years were past, he did not dare to send his guards to seize the offender and bring him --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/87/) [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/) / 87 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14, sentence 87 Now, as soon as Rajah Salabhan heard this, he guessed at once that it was Prince Rasalu come forth before the time, and, mindful of the Jogis' words that he would die if he looked on his son's face before twelve years were past, he did not dare to send his guards to seize the offender and bring him to be judged. **Who acts:** Rajah, armour, Prince, Jogis · **What happens:** hear, guess, be, come, die, look · **To what, where:** this, Prince, words, guards, offender 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 (Rajah, armour, Prince, Jogis), 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:pg7128:20:87 # text = Now, as soon as Rajah Salabhan heard this, he guessed at once that it was Prince Rasalu come forth before the time, and, mindful of the Jogis' words that he would die if he looked on his son's face before twelve years were past, he did not dare to send his guards to seize the offender and bring him to be judged. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 Rajah Rajah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 Salabhan Salabhan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 8 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 9 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 guessed guess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 12 obl _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 Rasalu Rasalu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 flat _ _ 20 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 21 forth forth ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 before before ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 mindful mindful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Jogis Jogis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ' 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 's 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 46 before before ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 48 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ _ 49 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 past past ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 53 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 55 dare dare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 parataxis _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 xcomp _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obj _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 seize seize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 advcl _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 offender offender NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 conj _ _ 66 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ _ 67 to to PART TO _ 69 mark _ _ 68 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 69 aux:pass _ _ 69 judged judge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 65 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Rajah | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **guess** | past | Rajah | | | | now | soon *property* | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent at once=Value | | 3 | **is a** | past | armour | Prince | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | present | Prince | | | | time | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **die** | would | Prince | the Jogis's words *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **look** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Prince | | | | | on Prince's son's face | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on face=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | | year | past *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **dare** | past · do-support | Prince | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **not** **send** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | Prince's guards | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Theme | | 10 | **seize** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | the offender | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offender=Theme | | 11 | **bring** | infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | Prince | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 12 | **judge** | to-infinitive · passive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S» | | 13 | **word** | | the Jogis | | | | | | nom word «communication 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/88/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/)