--- title: Now the King's daughter, who was sitting on the roof of the palace,… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now the King's daughter, who was sitting on the roof of the palace, saw his royal marks, and she said, "This man is a king; when I marry, I will marry him and no other." Who acts: daughter, man, King. 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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 (daughter, man, King), 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:pg7128:25:68 # text = Now the King's daughter, who was sitting on the roof of the palace, saw his royal marks, and she said, "This man is a king; when I marry, I will marry him and no other." 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 acl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 marks mark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 marry marry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 43 det _ _ 43 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past · progressive | the King's daughter | | | the roof of the palace | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on roof=Location | | 2 | **see** | past | the King's daughter | King's royal marks | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | daughter | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this man | a king | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **marry** *in a quote* | present | daughter | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **marry** *in a quote* | future | daughter | Man | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 7 | **mark** | | King | | | | | | nom mark «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/25/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/25/69/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/25/)