--- title: He strode into the audience hall, where his father sat trembling, an… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He strode into the audience hall, where his father sat trembling, and saluted him with all reverence; but Raja Salabhan, in fear of his life, turned his back hastily and said never a word in reply. Who acts: Prince, father. 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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, father), 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:pg7128:20:91 # text = He strode into the audience hall, where his father sat trembling, and saluted him with all reverence; but Raja Salabhan, in fear of his life, turned his back hastily and said never a word in reply. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 strode stride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 audience audience NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 12 trembling tremble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 saluted salute VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 19 det _ _ 19 reverence reverence NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 Raja Raja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 23 Salabhan Salabhan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 37 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stride** | past | Prince | Raja | | the audience hall | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into hall=Destination | | 2 | **sit** | past | Prince's father | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **tremble** | gerund | Prince's father *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **salute** | past | Prince's father *not said here* | Prince | | | | with all reverence | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 5 | **turn** | past | | Prince's back | | | | hastily *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent back=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | a word | | reply | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent word=Theme in reply=Manner | | 7 | **fear** | | | Prince's life | | | | | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/92/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/)