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title: Now, when the slaves came to lead the faithful steed away, Rasalu co… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Now, when the slaves came to lead the faithful steed away, Rasalu could not refrain from tears, thinking over the long years during which Bhaunr, the Arab steed, had been his companion. Who acts: slaves, Rasalu, Bhaunr. A sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 19
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# Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15, sentence 72

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Now, when the slaves came to lead the faithful steed away, Rasalu could not refrain from tears, thinking over the long years during which Bhaunr, the Arab steed, had been his companion.

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**Who acts:** slaves, Rasalu, Bhaunr · **What happens:** come, lead, not refrain, think, be · **To what, where:** faithful steed, tears, companion

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This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (slaves, Rasalu, Bhaunr), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7128:21:72
# text = Now, when the slaves came to lead the faithful steed away, Rasalu could not refrain from tears, thinking over the long years during which Bhaunr, the Arab steed, had been his companion.
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	slaves	slave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	lead	lead	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	steed	steed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	Rasalu	Rasalu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	refrain	refrain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	advcl	_	_
22	over	over	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	_
26	during	during	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	37	obl	_	_
28	Bhaunr	Bhaunr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	Arab	Arab	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	steed	steed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
34	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
35	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	37	cop	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	companion	companion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the slaves |  |  |  | now |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lead** | to-infinitive | the slaves *not said here* | the faithful steed |  |  |  | away *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steed=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **refrain** | could | Rasalu |  |  | tears |  |  | vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent from tear=Eventuality |
| 4 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | Rasalu *not said here* |  |  |  | year |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is a** | past · perfect | Bhaunr | Bhaunr's companion |  |  | during the long years |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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