--- title: Therefore he went over to the simple farmer's house, and congratulat… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore he went over to the simple farmer's house, and congratulated him on his good fortune, in such cunning words, pretending to have heard all about it, that before long the farmer found himself telling the whole story--all except the secret of blowing the conch, for, with all his simplicity, t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/31/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/) / [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/) / 31 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16, sentence 31 Therefore he went over to the simple farmer's house, and congratulated him on his good fortune, in such cunning words, pretending to have heard all about it, that before long the farmer found himself telling the whole story--all except the secret of blowing the conch, for, with all his simplicity, the farmer was not quite such a fool as to tell that. **Who acts:** fortune, that, farmer, secret · **What happens:** go over, congratulate, pretend, hear, long, find · **To what, where:** fortune, good fortune, whole story, conch, fool · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fortune, that, farmer, secret), 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:pg7128:22:31 # text = Therefore he went over to the simple farmer's house, and congratulated him on his good fortune, in such cunning words, pretending to have heard all about it, that before long the farmer found himself telling the whole story--all except the secret of blowing the conch, for, with all his simplicity, the farmer was not quite such a fool as to tell that. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 over over ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 congratulated congratulate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 cunning cunning NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 pretending pretend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 27 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux _ _ 28 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 xcomp _ _ 29 all all ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 about about ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 nsubj _ _ 34 before before ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 long long VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 39 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 obj _ _ 40 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 xcomp _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 -- -- PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 40 obl _ _ 46 except except ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 49 of of SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 50 blowing blow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 48 acl _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 conch conch NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 59 case _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 56 with with ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 59 det:predet _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 simplicity simplicity NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 63 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 64 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 68 advmod _ _ 65 quite quite ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 66 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 68 det:predet _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 appos _ _ 69 as as SCONJ IN _ 71 mark _ _ 70 to to PART TO _ 71 mark _ _ 71 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 acl _ _ 72 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 71 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go over** | past | fortune | | | | | to the simple farmer's house; over, therefore *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **congratulate** | past | fortune *not said here* | fortune | | fortune's good fortune | | in such cunning words | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **pretend** | gerund | fortune *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hear** | to-infinitive · perfect | fortune *not said here* | | | | | about word; all *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about it=Stimulus | | 5 | **long** | gerund | that | | | | | before *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **find** | past | the farmer | fortune | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute clause=Theme | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | fortune *not said here* | the whole story | | | | except the secret; for fortune's simplicity; all *obl* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient | | 8 | **blow** | gerund | the secret *not said here* | the conch | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent conch=Patient | | 9 | **not** **is a** | past | the farmer | such fool | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | fortune *not said here* | such fool | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Recipient | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/32/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/)