--- title: So the next day the King placed his sepoys all round the stable, and… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the next day the King placed his sepoys all round the stable, and he took up his stand with them; and he said he would himself shoot any one who let his horse escape. Who acts: next day, King, one. 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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 (next day, King, one), 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:pg7128:23:57 # text = So the next day the King placed his sepoys all round the stable, and he took up his stand with them; and he said he would himself shoot any one who let his horse escape. 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 7 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 sepoys sepoy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 all all ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 round round ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 stand stand NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 nsubj _ _ 30 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 31 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 32 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 escape escape NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **place** | past | the next day | King's sepoys | | | | round the stable | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent sepoy=Theme | | 2 | **take up** | past | King | King's stand | | | | with sepoys *= sepoy* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stand=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **shoot** | would | King | any one | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 5 | **let** | past | any one | King's horse escape | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent escape=Theme | | 6 | **escape** | | King | | | | | | nom escape «act 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/58/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/23/)