--- title: "A mighty Prince, Sarkap! making havoc, rides along, He swung us, se… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "A mighty Prince, Sarkap! making havoc, rides along, He swung us, seventy maidens fair, and threw us out headlong; He broke the drums you placed there and the gongs too in his pride, Sure, he will kill thee, father mine, and take me for his bride!" Who acts: Sarkap, Prince, you. 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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, Prince, you), 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:pg7128:21:46 # text = "A mighty Prince, Sarkap! making havoc, rides along, He swung us, seventy maidens fair, and threw us out headlong; He broke the drums you placed there and the gongs too in his pride, Sure, he will kill thee, father mine, and take me for his bride!" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:desc _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Sarkap Sarkap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 8 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 9 havoc havoc NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 11 rides ride VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 along along ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 swung swing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 16 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 seventy seventy NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 24 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 26 headlong headlong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 drums drum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 gongs gong NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 38 too too ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 Sure sure INTJ UH _ 47 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 48 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 mine mine NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 55 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 for for ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ! ! PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** *in a quote* | gerund | Sarkap a mighty Prince *not said here* | havoc | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset havoc=Product | | 2 | **ride along** *in a quote* | present | Sarkap a mighty Prince | | | | | along *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **swing** *in a quote* | past | Prince | us | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 4 | **throw out** *in a quote* | past | Prince *not said here* | us | | | | headlong *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 5 | **break** *in a quote* | past | Prince | the drums and the gongs | | Prince's pride | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer drum=Patient | | 6 | **place** *in a quote* | past | you | the drums and the gongs *not said here* | | there | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent drum=Theme | | 7 | **kill** *in a quote* | future | Prince | thee | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 8 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the youngest Princess *= princess* | | | | for Prince's bride | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent i=Theme for bride=Beneficiary | | 9 | **pride** *in a quote* | | Prince | | | | | | nom pride «feeling transitive»: 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/47/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/)