--- title: They remembered that, when they arrived, the prince had made them no… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They remembered that, when they arrived, the prince had made them no salaams, and since then had not taken the least notice of them; whereas he could not do enough for the gardener's daughter, and seemed very glad to see her. Who acts: salaams, 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 (salaams, 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:pg7128:24:121 # text = They remembered that, when they arrived, the prince had made them no salaams, and since then had not taken the least notice of them; whereas he could not do enough for the gardener's daughter, and seemed very glad to see her. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 15 salaams salaam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 since since ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 obl _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 25 amod _ _ 25 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 34 enough enough ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 's 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 43 very very ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | past | salaams *= salaam* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **arrive** | past | salaams *= salaam* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | the prince | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **take** | past · perfect | | the least notice of salaams | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme | | 5 | **not** **do** | could | prince | | | | | for the gardener's daughter; enough *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **seem** | past | | | | | | glad *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | | gardener | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 8 | **notice** | | | salaams *= salaam* | | | | | nom notice «communication transitive»: of=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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/122/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/)