--- title: Soon after, the gardener's daughter had a beautiful little son, with… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Soon after, the gardener's daughter had a beautiful little son, with a moon on his forehead and a star on his chin, and before the poor mother had seen him, the four wicked Queens took the boy to the nurse and said to her, "Now you must not let this child make the least sound for fear his mother sho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/92/) [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/) / 92 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16, sentence 92 Soon after, the gardener's daughter had a beautiful little son, with a moon on his forehead and a star on his chin, and before the poor mother had seen him, the four wicked Queens took the boy to the nurse and said to her, "Now you must not let this child make the least sound for fear his mother should hear him; and in the night you must either kill him, or else take him away, so that his mother may never see him. **Who acts:** daughter, poor mother, four wicked Queens, gardener, child, mother · **What happens:** have, see, take, say, not let, make · **To what, where:** beautiful little son, King, boy, nurse, gardener, child · **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 (daughter, poor mother, four wicked Queens, 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:pg7128:22:92 # text = Soon after, the gardener's daughter had a beautiful little son, with a moon on his forehead and a star on his chin, and before the poor mother had seen him, the four wicked Queens took the boy to the nurse and said to her, "Now you must not let this child make the least sound for fear his mother should hear him; and in the night you must either kill him, or else take him away, so that his mother may never see him. 1 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 chin chin NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 28 before before SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 38 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 Queens queen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 51 " " PUNCT `` _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 56 advmod _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 54 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 55 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 56 advmod _ _ 56 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 ccomp _ _ 57 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 58 det _ _ 58 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 xcomp _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 62 amod _ _ 62 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 63 for for ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ _ 65 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 67 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 68 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 acl:relcl _ _ 69 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ; ; PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 78 cc _ _ 72 in in ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 obl _ _ 75 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 78 nsubj _ _ 76 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 78 aux _ _ 77 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 78 advmod _ _ 78 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 79 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 78 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 81 or or CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 82 else else ADV RB _ 83 advmod _ _ 83 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 84 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 83 obj _ _ 85 away away ADV RB _ 83 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 86 , , PUNCT , _ 93 punct _ _ 87 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 93 mark _ _ 88 that that SCONJ IN _ 87 fixed _ _ 89 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 90 nmod:poss _ _ 90 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 93 nsubj _ _ 91 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 93 aux _ _ 92 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 93 advmod _ _ 93 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 83 conj _ _ 94 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 93 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 95 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the gardener's daughter | a beautiful little son | | | | with a moon on King's forehead and a star on King's chin; soon *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past · perfect | the poor mother | King | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 3 | **take** | past | the four wicked Queens | the boy | | the nurse | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent boy=Theme to nurse=Destination | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the four wicked Queens *not said here* | | gardener | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **let** *in a quote* | must | gardener | this child | | | now | | tree rules | | 6 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | this child *not said here* | the least sound | | | | for fear | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent sound=Product for fear=Asset | | 7 | **hear** *in a quote* | should | Boy's mother | King | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 8 | **kill** *in a quote* | must | gardener | King | | | night | either *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 9 | **take away** *in a quote* | infinitive | | King | | | | away, else *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 10 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | may | Boy's mother | King | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/93/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/)