--- title: But when Prince Rasalu saw the women returning to the well with pitc… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But when Prince Rasalu saw the women returning to the well with pitchers of iron and brass, he laughed to himself, and drew his mighty bow till the sharp-pointed arrows pierced the metal vessels as though they had been clay. Who acts: Prince, women, pointed arrows. 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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 (Prince, women, pointed arrows), 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:pg7128:20:89 # text = But when Prince Rasalu saw the women returning to the well with pitchers of iron and brass, he laughed to himself, and drew his mighty bow till the sharp-pointed arrows pierced the metal vessels as though they had been clay. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 Rasalu Rasalu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 returning return VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 pitchers pitcher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 till till SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 31 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 pointed pointed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 arrows arrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 pierced pierce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 39 as as ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 40 though though SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 cop _ _ 44 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Prince | the women | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **return** | gerund | the women *not said here* | | | | | to the well *result*; with pitchers of iron and brass | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to well=Result | | 3 | **laugh** | past | Prince | | Prince | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 4 | **draw** | past | Prince *not said here* | Prince's mighty bow | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme | | 5 | **pierce** | past | the pointed arrows | the metal vessels | | | | | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vessel=Patient | | 6 | **is a** | past · perfect | women *= woman* | clay | | | | | tree rules | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/90/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/)