--- title: The King's son replied, "When I was little I could fight a bit, and… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The King's son replied, "When I was little I could fight a bit, and now, if any one wants to fight, I am not so unmanly as to turn my back. Who acts: son, one. 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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 (son, one), 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:pg7128:25:59 # text = The King's son replied, "When I was little I could fight a bit, and now, if any one wants to fight, I am not so unmanly as to turn my back. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 19 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 23 det _ _ 23 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 29 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 unmanly unmanly ADV RB _ 24 parataxis _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the King's son | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the King's son *= son* | | | | | little *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **fight** *in a quote* | could | the King's son *= son* | a bit | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **want** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | any one | | | | now | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **fight** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | any one *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | the King's son *= son* | | | | | unmanly *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **turn** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the King's son *= son* *not said here* | my back | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent back=Theme | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/25/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/25/60/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/25/)