--- title: The Fakir told him to come once, he told him twice, he told him thre… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The Fakir told him to come once, he told him twice, he told him three times, and each time the King's son answered, "Master first, and pupil after." Who acts: Fakir, son, time. 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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 (Fakir, son, time), 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:pg7128:25:49 # text = The Fakir told him to come once, he told him twice, he told him three times, and each time the King's son answered, "Master first, and pupil after." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Fakir Fakir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 21 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 22 det _ _ 22 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 's 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 27 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 pupil pupil NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 35 after after ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Fakir | | son | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Fakir *not said here* | | | | | once *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | son | | Fakir | | | twice *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | son | | Fakir | | time | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | each time the King's son | Master | | | | first *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent master=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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/25/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/25/50/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/25/)