--- title: Then he strode away, full of bitterness and anger; but, as he passed… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then he strode away, full of bitterness and anger; but, as he passed under the palace windows, he heard his mother weeping, and the sound softened his heart, so that his wrath died down, and a great loneliness fell upon him, because he was spurned by both father and mother. 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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 (empire, sound, wrath, great loneliness), 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:pg7128:20:96 # text = Then he strode away, full of bitterness and anger; but, as he passed under the palace windows, he heard his mother weeping, and the sound softened his heart, so that his wrath died down, and a great loneliness fell upon him, because he was spurned by both father and mother. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 strode stride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 bitterness bitterness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 17 under under ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 weeping weeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 softened soften VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 39 mark _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 fixed _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 40 down down ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 loneliness loneliness NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 47 upon upon ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 because because SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 spurned spurn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 conj _ _ 54 by by ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 both both CCONJ CC _ 56 cc:preconj _ _ 56 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stride away** | past | empire | | | | then | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pass** | past | empire | | | the palace windows | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under window=Location | | 3 | **hear** | past | empire | empire's mother weeping | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer weeping=Stimulus | | 4 | **soften** | past | the sound | empire's heart | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 5 | **die down** | past | empire's wrath | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **fall** | past | a great loneliness | | | | | upon empire | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon he=Location | | 7 | **spurn** | past · passive | father and mother | empire | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **weep** | | empire | | | | | | nom weeping «act intransitive»: 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/97/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/)