--- title: Now when the sixty-nine fair maidens, daughters of the king saw that… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now when the sixty-nine fair maidens, daughters of the king saw that Rasalu had performed his task, they set him another, bidding him swing them all, one by one, in their swings, until they were tired. Who acts: nine fair maidens, Rasalu, maidens. 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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 (nine fair maidens, Rasalu, maidens), 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:pg7128:21:35 # text = Now when the sixty-nine fair maidens, daughters of the king saw that Rasalu had performed his task, they set him another, bidding him swing them all, one by one, in their swings, until they were tired. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 4 sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 7 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 Rasalu Rasalu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 performed perform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 bidding bid VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 swing swing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 30 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 conj _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 swings swing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 until until SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the nine fair maidens and daughters of the king | | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **perform** | past · perfect | Rasalu | Rasalu's task | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Theme | | 3 | **set** | past | maidens *= maiden* | Rasalu | | | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent he=Theme another=Destination | | 4 | **bid** | gerund | maidens *= maiden* *not said here* | Rasalu | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **swing** | infinitive | maidens *= maiden* *not said here* | maidens *= maiden* | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | maidens *= maiden* | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **task** | | Rasalu | | | | | | nom task «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **swing** | | maidens *= maiden* | | | | | | nom swing «state 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/36/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/)