--- title: The horse said, "Next time she asks you who you are, tell her you ar… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The horse said, "Next time she asks you who you are, tell her you are a very poor man, and came from your own country to find service here." Who acts: horse, princess, you. 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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 (horse, princess, you), 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:pg7128:23:105 # text = The horse said, "Next time she asks you who you are, tell her you are a very poor man, and came from your own country to find service here." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 9 ccomp _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 15 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 18 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 very very ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 32 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the horse | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present | princess | | you | | time | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | princess | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | a poor man | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | past | the horse *not said here* | | | your own country | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from country=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **find** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the horse *not said here* | service | | here | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Topic | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/106/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/)