--- title: Now, when evening came, Raja Rasalu went forth to play chaupur with… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now, when evening came, Raja Rasalu went forth to play chaupur with King Sarkap, and as he passed some potters' kilns he saw a cat wandering about restlessly; so he asked what ailed her, that she never stood still, and she replied, "My kittens are in an unbaked pot in the kiln yonder. 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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 (evening, Raja, cat, Sarkap), 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:pg7128:21:57 # text = Now, when evening came, Raja Rasalu went forth to play chaupur with King Sarkap, and as he passed some potters' kilns he saw a cat wandering about restlessly; so he asked what ailed her, that she never stood still, and she replied, "My kittens are in an unbaked pot in the kiln yonder. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 4 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 Raja Raja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 Rasalu Rasalu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 forth forth ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 13 chaupur chaupur NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 Sarkap Sarkap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 22 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 23 det _ _ 23 potters potter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ' 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 kilns kiln NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 wandering wonder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 acl _ _ 31 about about ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 restlessly restlessly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 37 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 38 nsubj _ _ 38 ailed ail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 45 still still ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 51 " " PUNCT `` _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 kittens kitten NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nsubj _ _ 54 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 unbaked unbaked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 kiln kiln NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ _ 62 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | evening | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | Raja | | | | now | forth *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **play** | to-infinitive | Raja *not said here* | chaupur | | | | with King Sarkap | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent chaupur=Theme with sarkap=Co-Agent | | 4 | **pass** | past | Raja | some potters's kilns | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kiln=Trajectory | | 5 | **see** | past | Raja | a cat | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cat=Stimulus | | 6 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | a cat *not said here* | | | | | restlessly *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Raja | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **ail** | past | | cat | | | | | vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V NP.experiencer»: agent=Patient she=Experiencer | | 9 | **not** **stand** | past | Sarkap | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Sarkap | | | | | yonder *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **is** *in a quote* | present | My kittens | | | a unbaked pot | | in the kiln | tree rules | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/58/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/)