--- title: Accordingly she called a servant and sent him to the young man with… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Accordingly she called a servant and sent him to the young man with a present of a basin of ghee, twelve chapatis, and a jar of milk, and the following message:--"O friend, the moon is full; twelve months make a year, and the sea is overflowing with water." 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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 (guest, moon, twelve months, sea), 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:pg7128:26:48 # text = Accordingly she called a servant and sent him to the young man with a present of a basin of ghee, twelve chapatis, and a jar of milk, and the following message:--"O friend, the moon is full; twelve months make a year, and the sea is overflowing with water." 1 Accordingly accordingly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 basin basin NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 ghee ghee NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 chapatis chapati NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 jar jar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 amod _ _ 34 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 O o INTJ UH _ 39 discourse _ _ 39 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 48 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 55 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 overflowing overflow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ _ 57 with with ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | guest | a servant | | | | a jar of milk *obl*; accordingly *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent servant=Recipient | | 2 | **send** | past | guest *not said here* | man | the young man with a present of a basin of ghee and twelve chapatis | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to man=Destination | | 3 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the moon | | | | | full *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **make** *in a quote* | present | twelve months | | | | year | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 6 | **overflow** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the sea | | | | | with water | tree rules | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/49/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/26/)