--- title: But then they and the Rajas said, "What fooling is this?" and they p… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But then they and the Rajas said, "What fooling is this?" and they pushed the pretended poor man away, and took the necklace off his neck, and said to him, "Get out of the way, you poor, dirty man. Who acts: servants, fooling. 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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 (servants, fooling), 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:pg7128:23:126 # text = But then they and the Rajas said, "What fooling is this?" and they pushed the pretended poor man away, and took the necklace off his neck, and said to him, "Get out of the way, you poor, dirty man. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Rajas raja NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 ccomp _ _ 11 fooling fooling NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 pretended pretend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 amod _ _ 21 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 23 away away ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 necklace necklace NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 off off ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 40 out out ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | servants *= servant* | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | fooling | this | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **push** | past | servants *= servant* | the pretended poor man | | | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 4 | **pretend** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **take off** | past | servants *= servant* *not said here* | the necklace | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | servants *= servant* *not said here* | | King | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **get out** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the way | | | | | tree rules | 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 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/125/) - next →: [sentence 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/127/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/)