--- title: Her father then stood up, and said to them all, "I promised my daugh… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Her father then stood up, and said to them all, "I promised my daughter she should marry any one she pleased, and as she has twice chosen that poor, common man, she shall marry him." Who acts: father, princess. 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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 (father, princess), 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:pg7128:23:137 # text = Her father then stood up, and said to them all, "I promised my daughter she should marry any one she pleased, and as she has twice chosen that poor, common man, she shall marry him." 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 4 nsubj _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 ccomp _ _ 11 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 iobj _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 21 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 22 det _ _ 22 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 31 advmod _ _ 31 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand up** | past | princess's father | | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | princess's father *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | past | princess's father *= father* | | my daughter | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent daughter=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **marry** *in a quote* | should | princess | any one | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 5 | **choose** *in a quote* | present · perfect | princess | | | | | twice *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **marry** *in a quote* | shall | princess | father | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/138/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/)