--- title: Then Sarkap vowed a solemn vow never to play for another's head; and… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then Sarkap vowed a solemn vow never to play for another's head; and after that he took a fresh mango branch, and the new-born babe, and placing them on a golden dish gave them to Rasalu. Who acts: Sarkap, Dhol, placing. 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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 (Sarkap, Dhol, placing), 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:pg7128:21:101 # text = Then Sarkap vowed a solemn vow never to play for another's head; and after that he took a fresh mango branch, and the new-born babe, and placing them on a golden dish gave them to Rasalu. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Sarkap Sarkap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 vowed vow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 solemn solemn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 vow vow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 after after SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 fixed _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 mango mango NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 27 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 amod _ _ 30 babe babe NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 33 placing place VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 csubj _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Rasalu Rasalu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vow** | past | Sarkap | a solemn vow | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **play** | to-infinitive | Sarkap *not said here* | | | | | for another's head | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for head=Eventuality | | 3 | **take** | past | Dhol | a fresh mango branch | | | | the born babe *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent branch=Theme | | 4 | **bear** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **place** | gerund | | children *= child* | | a golden dish | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme on dish=Destination | | 6 | **give** | past | placing | | children *= child* | | | to Rasalu | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to rasalu=Recipient | 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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/102/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/)