--- title: I was the grain merchant's servant; and one hot night I went into yo… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I was the grain merchant's servant; and one hot night I went into your father's garden and sang, and you heard me, and came and asked me who I was and where I came from, and I would not answer you. Who acts: I, you. 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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 (I, you), 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:pg7128:24:60 # text = I was the grain merchant's servant; and one hot night I went into your father's garden and sang, and you heard me, and came and asked me who I was and where I came from, and I would not answer you. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 11 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 15 into into ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 31 ccomp _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 39 advmod _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | I | the grain merchant's servant | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | past | I | | | your father's garden | night | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into garden=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hear** | past | you | me | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 5 | **come** | past | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | you *not said here* | | me | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 7 | **is a** | past | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **come** | past | I | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **not** **answer** *speech: assert* | would | I | | you | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent you=Eventuality | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/61/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/)