--- title: And the same thing happened the next night, and the next, and on the… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And the same thing happened the next night, and the next, and on the fourth I told you I was a very poor man, and had come from my country to seek service in yours, and that I was the grain merchant's servant. Who acts: same thing, I. 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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 (same thing, I), 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:pg7128:24:61 # text = And the same thing happened the next night, and the next, and on the fourth I told you I was a very poor man, and had come from my country to seek service in yours, and that I was the grain merchant's servant. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 fourth fourth NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 very very ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 36 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 's 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | the same thing | | | | night | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | I | | you | the fourth | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** | past | I | a poor man | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | past · perfect | | | | my country | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from country=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **seek** | to-infinitive | | service | | | | in yours | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent service=Theme in your=Location | | 6 | **is a** | past | I | the grain merchant's servant | | | | | tree rules | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/62/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/)