--- title: But one day the King heard her telling them about the beautiful boy… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But one day the King heard her telling them about the beautiful boy she would have when she was married, and he said to himself he should like very much to have such a son; the more so that though he had already four Queens he had no child. Who acts: King, 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 (King, 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:pg7128:22:55 # text = But one day the King heard her telling them about the beautiful boy she would have when she was married, and he said to himself he should like very much to have such a son; the more so that though he had already four Queens he had no child. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 about about ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 16 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obl _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 30 very very ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 much much ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 34 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 36 det:predet _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 40 so so SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 42 though though SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 45 already already ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 Queens queen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 50 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 51 det _ _ 51 child child 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 | **hear** | past | the King | gardener | | | day | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | gardener *not said here* | | playfellows *= playfellow* | | | about the beautiful boy | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient about boy=Topic | | 3 | **marry** | would · passive | | gardener | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | Boy | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to himself=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 5 | **like** | should | King | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | such son | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 7 | **have** | past | King | four Queens | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Patient | | 8 | **have** | past | King | no child | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/56/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/)