--- title: Then he went to the Murti Hills, and placed the new-born babe, Kokil… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then he went to the Murti Hills, and placed the new-born babe, Kokilan, in an underground palace, and planted the mango branch at the door, saying, "In twelve years the mango tree will blossom; then will I return and marry Kokilan." Who acts: king, mango tree. 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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 (king, mango tree), 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:pg7128:21:106 # text = Then he went to the Murti Hills, and placed the new-born babe, Kokilan, in an underground palace, and planted the mango branch at the door, saying, "In twelve years the mango tree will blossom; then will I return and marry Kokilan." 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 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Murti Murti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Hills Hill PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 12 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 amod _ _ 15 babe babe NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 Kokilan Kokilan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 underground underground ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 planted plant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 mango mango NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 In in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 mango mango NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 blossom blossom VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 51 Kokilan Kokilan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | king | | | | then | to the Murti Hills | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **place** | past | king *not said here* | the born babe | | a underground palace | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent babe=Theme in palace=Destination | | 3 | **bear** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **plant** | past | king *not said here* | the mango branch | | the door | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent branch=Theme at door=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | king *not said here* | | | | year | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **blossom** *in a quote* | future | the mango tree | twelve years *not said here* | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location year=Theme | | 7 | **return** *in a quote* | future | king | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **marry** *in a quote* | infinitive | king *not said here* | Kokilan | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kokilan=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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/107/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/)