--- title: When he saw the beautiful little boy, he was very much delighted and… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When he saw the beautiful little boy, he was very much delighted and said, "If it pleases Khuda that this child should live, I will not hurt him; I will not eat him, but I will swallow him whole and hide him in my stomach." Who acts: King, box, child. 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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 (King, box, child), 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:pg7128:22:105 # text = When he saw the beautiful little boy, he was very much delighted and said, "If it pleases Khuda that this child should live, I will not hurt him; I will not eat him, but I will swallow him whole and hide him in my stomach." 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 much much ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 If if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 pleases please VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 21 Khuda Khuda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 parataxis _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 swallow swallow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 hide hide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | King | the beautiful little boy | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boy=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | King | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **please** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | box | Khuda | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus khuda=Experiencer | | 5 | **live** *in a quote* | should | this child | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **hurt** *in a quote* | future | King | King | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient | | 7 | **not** **eat** *in a quote* | future | King | King | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 8 | **swallow** *in a quote* | future | King | King | | | | whole *property* | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 9 | **hide** *in a quote* | present | King *not said here* | King | | my stomach | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient in stomach=Location | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/106/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/)