--- title: Her father consented to this, and he wrote and invited all the Kings… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Her father consented to this, and he wrote and invited all the Kings and Rajas in the land, saying, "My youngest daughter wishes to be married, but she insists on choosing her husband herself. Who acts: father, princess, My. A sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/115/) [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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/) / 115 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 17, sentence 115 Her father consented to this, and he wrote and invited all the Kings and Rajas in the land, saying, "My youngest daughter wishes to be married, but she insists on choosing her husband herself. **Who acts:** father, princess, My · **What happens:** consent, write, invite, say, marry, insist · **To what, where:** Kings, land, youngest daughter wishes, husband · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, princess, My), 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:pg7128:23:115 # text = Her father consented to this, and he wrote and invited all the Kings and Rajas in the land, saying, "My youngest daughter wishes to be married, but she insists on choosing her husband herself. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 invited invite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 Rajas raja NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 25 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 27 amod _ _ 26 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 wishes wish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 insists insist VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 35 on on SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 choosing choose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consent** | past | princess's father | | | | | to this | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to this=Theme | | 2 | **write** | past | father | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **invite** | past | father *not said here* | | all Kings and Rajas | the land | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | father *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **marry** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | | My youngest daughter wishes | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **insist** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **choose** *in a quote* | gerund | princess *not said here* | princess's husband | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Theme | | 8 | **wish** *in a quote* | | My | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/116/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/)