--- title: Now the princess's six sisters had all married rich princes, and the… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now the princess's six sisters had all married rich princes, and they laughed at her for choosing such a poor ugly husband as hers seemed to be, and said to each other, mockingly, "See! our sister has married this poor, common man!" Who acts: sisters, 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 (sisters, 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:pg7128:23:139 # text = Now the princess's six sisters had all married rich princes, and they laughed at her for choosing such a poor ugly husband as hers seemed to be, and said to each other, mockingly, "See! our sister has married this poor, common man!" 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 all all ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 choosing choose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 20 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 24 det:predet _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 hers her PRON PRP Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 32 obl _ _ 35 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 mockingly mockingly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 See see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ 42 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 ccomp _ _ 46 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 47 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 49 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ! ! PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | past · perfect · passive | | the princess's six sisters | | | now | all *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **laugh** | past | sisters *= sister* | | | | | at princess | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **choose** | gerund | sisters *= sister* *not said here* | such poor ugly husband | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Theme | | 4 | **seem** | past | princess | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 5 | **be** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: express* | past | | | each | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to each=Recipient | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | mockingly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **marry** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | our sister | | | | | 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 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/138/) - next →: [sentence 140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/140/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/)