--- title: So when it was night, the dog ran to the King's cow, who was called… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So when it was night, the dog ran to the King's cow, who was called Suri, and said to her, "Suri, I want to give you something, for the King has ordered me to be shot to-morrow. Who acts: it, dog, King. 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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 (it, dog, King), 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:pg7128:23:1 # text = So when it was night, the dog ran to the King's cow, who was called Suri, and said to her, "Suri, I want to give you something, for the King has ordered me to be shot to-morrow. 1 So so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ _ 19 Suri Suri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Suri Suri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 ordered order VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 shot shoot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 advcl _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | it | night | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | past | the dog | | | | | to the King's cow *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to cow=Result | | 3 | **call** | past · passive | | the King's cow | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the dog *not said here* | | dog | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 5 | **want** *in a quote* | present | the dog *= dog* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **give** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the dog *= dog* *not said here* | something | dog | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient something=Theme | | 7 | **order** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the King | | the dog *= dog* | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 8 | **shoot** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | the King *not said here* | | | morrow | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: to morrow=Destination | 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: [Demon With Matted Hair " 196…, 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/22/125/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/2/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/)