--- title: In a country were seven daughters of poor parents, who used to come… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In a country were seven daughters of poor parents, who used to come daily to play under the shady trees in the King's garden with the gardener's daughter; and daily she used to say to them, "When I am married I shall have a son. Who acts: poor parents, gardener. 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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 (poor parents, gardener), 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:pg7128:22:51 # text = In a country were seven daughters of poor parents, who used to come daily to play under the shady trees in the King's garden with the gardener's daughter; and daily she used to say to them, "When I am married I shall have a son. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 daily daily ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 18 under under ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 shady shady ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 's 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 's 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 daily daily ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 " " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 ccomp _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | seven daughters | | a country | | of poor parents | tree rules | | 2 | **use** | past | poor parents | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **come** | to-infinitive | poor parents *not said here* | | | | | daily *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **play** | to-infinitive | poor parents *not said here* | | | the shady trees | | in the King's garden; with the gardener's daughter | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with daughter=Co-Agent | | 5 | **use** | past | gardener | | | | | daily *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | gardener *not said here* | | daughters *= daughter* | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient | | 7 | **marry** *in a quote* | present · passive | | gardener | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | shall | gardener | a son | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/52/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/)