--- title: After this, Rasalu strode on fifteen paces, till he came to the seve… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: After this, Rasalu strode on fifteen paces, till he came to the seventy drums, that every one who came to play chaupur with the King had to beat in turn; and he beat them so loudly that he broke them all. Who acts: Rasalu, that, one, King. 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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 (Rasalu, that, one, King), 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:pg7128:21:43 # text = After this, Rasalu strode on fifteen paces, till he came to the seventy drums, that every one who came to play chaupur with the King had to beat in turn; and he beat them so loudly that he broke them all. 1 After after ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Rasalu Rasalu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 strode stride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 paces pace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 till till SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 seventy seventy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 drums drum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 20 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 chaupur chaupur NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 26 with with SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 beat beat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 beat beat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 44 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stride** | past | Rasalu | | | | after this | on fifteen paces | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on pace=Trajectory | | 2 | **come** | past | Rasalu | | | the seventy drums | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to drum=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **one** | | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | past | every one | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **play** | to-infinitive | every one *not said here* | chaupur | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chaupur=Theme | | 6 | **have** | past | the King | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **beat** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | | | turn | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in turn=Location | | 8 | **beat** | past | Rasalu | drums *= drum* | | | | loudly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme | | 9 | **break** | past | Rasalu | drums *= drum* | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/44/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/)