--- title: Just then, a servant came in to announce the birth of a daughter to… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Just then, a servant came in to announce the birth of a daughter to Raja Sarkap, and he, overcome by misfortunes, said, "Kill her at once! for she has been born in an evil moment, and has brought her father ill luck!" Who acts: servant. 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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 (servant), 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:pg7128:21:97 # text = Just then, a servant came in to announce the birth of a daughter to Raja Sarkap, and he, overcome by misfortunes, said, "Kill her at once! for she has been born in an evil moment, and has brought her father ill luck!" 1 Just just ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 announce announce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Raja Raja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 Sarkap Sarkap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 overcome overcome VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 misfortunes misfortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ! ! PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ _ 34 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ! ! PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come in** | past | a servant | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **announce** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | a servant *not said here* | the birth of a daughter to Raja | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birth=Theme | | 3 | **overcome** | participle | servant | | | | | by misfortunes | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | past | a servant *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **kill** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Sarkap | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **bear** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | Sarkap | | | moment | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **bring** *in a quote* | present · perfect | a servant *not said here* | | Sarkap's father and ill luck | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument father=Destination | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/98/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/21/)