--- title: One, an elder sister, stayed at home and cooked the food, and the ot… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: One, an elder sister, stayed at home and cooked the food, and the other ten--all brothers--went out, two and two, and walked about the four different ways that ran through that part of the country, robbing those travellers who could not resist them, and inviting others, who were too powerful for two --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/108/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/) / [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/) / 108 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 21, sentence 108 One, an elder sister, stayed at home and cooked the food, and the other ten--all brothers--went out, two and two, and walked about the four different ways that ran through that part of the country, robbing those travellers who could not resist them, and inviting others, who were too powerful for two of them to manage, to come and rest at their house, where the whole family attacked them and stole their goods. **Who acts:** elder sister, brothers, four different ways, others, whole family · **What happens:** stay, cook, go out, walk, run, rob · **To what, where:** One, home, food, other ten, part, travellers This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (elder sister, brothers, four different ways, others), 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:pg7128:27:108 # text = One, an elder sister, stayed at home and cooked the food, and the other ten--all brothers--went out, two and two, and walked about the four different ways that ran through that part of the country, robbing those travellers who could not resist them, and inviting others, who were too powerful for two of them to manage, to come and rest at their house, where the whole family attacked them and stole their goods. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 cooked cook VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 -- -- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 21 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 32 about about ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 34 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 35 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 through through ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 robbing rob VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 47 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 48 det _ _ 48 travellers traveller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 49 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 50 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 resist resist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 ccomp _ _ 53 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 inviting invite VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 57 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 62 nsubj _ _ 60 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 61 too too ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 63 for for ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 62 obl _ _ 65 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nmod _ _ 67 to to PART TO _ 68 mark _ _ 68 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 70 to to PART TO _ 71 mark _ _ 71 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 ccomp _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 73 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 71 conj _ _ 74 at at ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 76 nmod:poss _ _ 76 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 78 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 82 advmod _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 80 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 81 amod _ _ 81 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 nsubj _ _ 82 attacked attack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 76 acl:relcl _ _ 83 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 82 obj _ _ 84 and and CCONJ CC _ 85 cc _ _ 85 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 82 conj _ _ 86 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 87 nmod:poss _ _ 87 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 85 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | a elder sister | One | | home | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | | 2 | **cook** | past | a elder sister *not said here* | the food | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent food=Patient | | 3 | **go out** | past | all brothers | the other ten | | | | two *obl* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **walk** | past | a elder sister *not said here* | | | | | about the four different ways | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about way=Trajectory | | 5 | **run** | past | the four different ways | | | that part of the country | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through part=Trajectory | | 6 | **rob** | gerund | a elder sister *not said here* | that travellers | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **resist** | could | | travellers *= traveller* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **invite** | gerund | a elder sister *not said here* | others | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Recipient | | 9 | **is** | past | others | | | | | for two of others; powerful *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **manage** | to-infinitive | others *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 11 | **come** | to-infinitive | others *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **rest** | infinitive | others *not said here* | | | others's house | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at house=Location | | 13 | **attack** | past | the whole family | travellers *= traveller* | | | | | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 14 | **steal** | past | the whole family *not said here* | others's goods | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location goods=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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/109/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/)