--- title: While the servants were bringing the gardener's daughter, the King t… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: While the servants were bringing the gardener's daughter, the King thought how handsome the young prince was; and he noticed particularly the moon on his forehead and the star on his chin, and he wondered in what country the young prince was born. Who acts: servants, King, young prince, prince. 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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, King, young prince, prince), 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:pg7128:24:117 # text = While the servants were bringing the gardener's daughter, the King thought how handsome the young prince was; and he noticed particularly the moon on his forehead and the star on his chin, and he wondered in what country the young prince was born. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 15 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 24 particularly particularly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 chin chin NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 wondered wonder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 obl _ _ 42 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past · progressive | the servants | | the gardener's daughter | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument daughter=Destination | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the King | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | the young prince | | | | | handsome *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **notice** | past | prince | the moon | | prince's forehead and the star on prince's chin | | particularly *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer moon=Stimulus | | 5 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past | prince | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **bear** | past · passive | | the young prince | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/118/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/)