--- title: The six princes consented, for they thought, "No one will ever see t… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The six princes consented, for they thought, "No one will ever see the mark of the pice, as it will be covered by our clothes; and we shall die if we have no water to drink." Who acts: six princes, daughters, one, clothes. 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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 (six princes, daughters, one, clothes), 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:pg7128:24:32 # text = The six princes consented, for they thought, "No one will ever see the mark of the pice, as it will be covered by our clothes; and we shall die if we have no water to drink." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 consented consent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 for for SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 15 advmod _ _ 15 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 pice pice NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 parataxis _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 38 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 39 det _ _ 39 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consent** | participle | the six princes | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | daughters *= daughter* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | future | no one | the mark of the pice | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus | | 4 | **cover** *in a quote* | future · passive | our clothes | pice | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Destination | | 5 | **die** *in a quote* | shall | we | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | we | no water | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **drink** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | no water *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **mark** *in a quote* | | | the pice | | | | | nom mark «cognition 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/33/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/)