--- title: One day, when the King and his seven sons-in-law were in his court-h… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: One day, when the King and his seven sons-in-law were in his court-house, and it was full of people, the young prince said to him, "There are six thieves here in your court-house." " Who acts: One day, house, young prince, court house. 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" **Who acts:** One day, house, young prince, court house · **What happens:** be, say · **To what, where:** court house, King · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (One day, house, young prince, court house), 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:pg7128:24:75 # text = One day, when the King and his seven sons-in-law were in his court-house, and it was full of people, the young prince said to him, "There are six thieves here in your court-house." " 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 18 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 38 expl _ _ 38 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 39 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 thieves thief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 41 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 44 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | One day | | | King's court house | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | house | | | | | of people; full *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the young prince | | King | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | King's court house | | | your court house | | | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/76/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/)