--- title: Listen," he said; "I have married the youngest princess; and when we… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Listen," he said; "I have married the youngest princess; and when we were married everybody laughed at her for choosing me, and said, 'What a very poor, common man our princess has chosen for her husband!' Who acts: you, prince, everybody. 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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 (you, prince, everybody), 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:pg7128:24:7 # text = Listen," he said; "I have married the youngest princess; and when we were married everybody laughed at her for choosing me, and said, 'What a very poor, common man our princess has chosen for her husband!' 1 Listen listen VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 amod _ _ 13 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 17 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 20 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 21 nsubj _ _ 21 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 choosing choose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 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 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 29 obj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 34 very very ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl:relcl _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **marry** | present · perfect · passive | | I | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **marry** | past · passive | | we | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **laugh** | past | everybody | | | | | at princess | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **choose** | gerund | everybody *not said here* | me | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 8 | **choose** | present · perfect · passive | | a poor common man our princess | | | | for princess's husband | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for husband=Beneficiary | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/8/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/)