--- title: Her words moved the heart of Raja Rasalu, and, going to the potter,… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Her words moved the heart of Raja Rasalu, and, going to the potter, he asked him to sell the kiln as it was; but the potter replied that he could not settle a fair price till the pots were burnt, as he could not tell how many would come out whole. Who acts: words, Raja, heart, potter. 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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 (words, Raja, heart, potter), 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:pg7128:21:59 # text = Her words moved the heart of Raja Rasalu, and, going to the potter, he asked him to sell the kiln as it was; but the potter replied that he could not settle a fair price till the pots were burnt, as he could not tell how many would come out whole. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Raja Raja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 Rasalu Rasalu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 potter potter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 kiln kiln NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 potter potter NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 settle settle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 till till SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 pots pot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 burnt burnt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 50 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 51 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 52 advmod _ _ 52 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 nsubj _ _ 53 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 ccomp _ _ 55 out out ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 56 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past | Sarkap's words | the heart of Raja | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent heart=Theme | | 2 | **go** | gerund | Sarkap's words *not said here* | | | the potter | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to potter=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Raja | | Rasalu | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **sell** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Raja *not said here* | the kiln | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kiln=Theme | | 5 | **be** | past | heart | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the potter | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **settle** | could | Raja | a fair price | | | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme price=Location | | 8 | **burnt** | past · passive | | the pots | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | could | Raja | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **come out** | would | many | | | | | out, whole *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 11 | **word** | | Sarkap | | | | | | nom word «communication 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/60/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/)