--- title: Nobody, however, could explain the matter; and so he returned broken… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Nobody, however, could explain the matter; and so he returned broken-hearted to his house, and began to arrange his affairs in prospect of certain death, for he had had sufficient experience of the king to know that His Majesty would not go back from his threat. Who acts: Nobody, wise, Majesty. 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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 (Nobody, wise, Majesty), 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:pg7128:25:119 # text = Nobody, however, could explain the matter; and so he returned broken-hearted to his house, and began to arrange his affairs in prospect of certain death, for he had had sufficient experience of the king to know that His Majesty would not go back from his threat. 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 however however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 explain explain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 14 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 hearted heart VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 xcomp _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 arrange arrange VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 prospect prospect NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 parataxis _ _ 37 sufficient sufficient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 experience experience NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 45 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 Majesty Majesty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 ccomp _ _ 50 back back ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 from from ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 threat threat NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | could | Nobody | the matter | | | | however *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Topic | | 2 | **return** | past | wise | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **break** | participle | wise *not said here* | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **heart** | participle | wise *not said here* | | | | | to wise's house | tree rules | | 5 | **begin** | past | wise *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **arrange** | to-infinitive | wise *not said here* | wise's affairs | | prospect of certain death | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent affair=Theme in prospect=Destination | | 7 | **have** | past · perfect | wise | sufficient experience of the king | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent experience=Patient | | 8 | **know** | to-infinitive | wise *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **not** **go back** | would | wise's Majesty | | | wise's threat | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **prospect** | | | certain death | | | | | nom prospect «state transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **experience** | | | the king | | | | | nom experience «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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/25/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/25/120/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/25/)