--- title: The King was delighted with this letter, and ordered all the men, wo… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The King was delighted with this letter, and ordered all the men, women, and children of all castes, fakirs, and sepoys, in his country to go to the prince's camp to a grand feast the prince would give them. Who acts: King, children. 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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 (King, children), 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:pg7128:24:104 # text = The King was delighted with this letter, and ordered all the men, women, and children of all castes, fakirs, and sepoys, in his country to go to the prince's camp to a grand feast the prince would give them. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 18 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 21 castes caste NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 fakirs fakir NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 sepoys sepoy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 's 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the King | | | | | with this letter; delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **order** | past | the King *not said here* | | all men and women | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | children of all castes and fakirs and sepoys and King's country *not said here* | the prince | | the prince's camp | | to a grand feast | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to camp=Initial\_Location to feast=Destination | | 4 | **give** | would | children of all castes and fakirs and sepoys and King's country | | castes *= caste* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/105/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/)