--- title: Then the farmer told the whole story, and Ram, taking pity on him, g… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the farmer told the whole story, and Ram, taking pity on him, gave him a conch shell, and showed him how to blow it in a particular way, saying, "Remember! whatever you wish for, you have only to blow the conch that way, and your wish will be fulfilled. Who acts: farmer, you, your. 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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 (farmer, you, your), 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:pg7128:22:27 # text = Then the farmer told the whole story, and Ram, taking pity on him, gave him a conch shell, and showed him how to blow it in a particular way, saying, "Remember! whatever you wish for, you have only to blow the conch that way, and your wish will be fulfilled. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 Ram Ram PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 13 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 conch conch NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 shell shell NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 blow blow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 particular particular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ! ! PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ 40 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ _ 47 only only ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 blow blow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 conch conch NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 56 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj:pass _ _ 58 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 59 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 fulfilled fulfil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the farmer | the whole story | | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient | | 2 | **take** | gerund | the farmer *not said here* | pity | | | | on Ram | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pity=Theme on he=Destination | | 3 | **give** | past | the farmer *not said here* | a conch shell | Ram | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient shell=Theme | | 4 | **show** | past | the farmer *not said here* | | Ram | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **blow** | to-infinitive | | shell | | | | in a particular way | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Patient in way=Topic | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **remember** *in a quote* | infinitive | | whatever | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent whatever=Theme | | 8 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 9 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **blow** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the conch | | | | that way *obl:unmarked* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent conch=Patient | | 11 | **fulfil** *in a quote* | future · passive | | your wish | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **wish** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/28/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/)