--- title: At this the four wives were very much frightened, and as soon as the… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At this the four wives were very much frightened, and as soon as the King came home from hunting they said to him, "While you were away your dog came to our rooms, and tore our clothes and knocked about all our things. Who acts: King, fastenings. 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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, fastenings), 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:pg7128:22:116 # text = At this the four wives were very much frightened, and as soon as the King came home from hunting they said to him, "While you were away your dog came to our rooms, and tore our clothes and knocked about all our things. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 much much ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 12 as as ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 18 home home ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 from from SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 While while SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 30 away away ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 tore tore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 40 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 39 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 44 about about ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 47 det:predet _ _ 46 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frighten** | past · passive | | the four wives | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **come** | past | the King | | | | | home, soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hunt** | gerund | fastenings *= fastening* *not said here* | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | fastenings *= fastening* | | King | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | King | | | | | to our rooms; away, come *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **tore** *in a quote* | past | | our clothes | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **knock** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | about our things | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about thing=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 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/115/) - next →: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/117/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/)