--- title: He seated him by himself, saying, "O Prince, I return thanks that yo… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He seated him by himself, saying, "O Prince, I return thanks that you have come here and become my son-in-law; I am very happy at this, and I make over my kingdom to you." Who acts: King, thanks. 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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 (King, thanks), 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:pg7128:25:94 # text = He seated him by himself, saying, "O Prince, I return thanks that you have come here and become my son-in-law; I am very happy at this, and I make over my kingdom to you." 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 seated seat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 O o INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ _ 11 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 15 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 become become VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 very very ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 40 over over ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seat** | past | King | father | | | | by King | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **return** *in a quote* | present | King | Prince | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | thanks | | | here | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **become** *in a quote* | infinitive | King *not said here* | my son in law | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | King | | | this | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | present | King | | you | my kingdom | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/25/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/25/95/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/25/)