--- title: These thieves lived in a kind of tower, which had several strong-roo… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: These thieves lived in a kind of tower, which had several strong-rooms in it, and under it was a great pit, wherein they threw the corpses of the poor unfortunates who chanced to fall into their power. Who acts: thieves, tower, room, poor unfortunates. 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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 (thieves, tower, room, poor unfortunates), 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:pg7128:27:109 # text = These thieves lived in a kind of tower, which had several strong-rooms in it, and under it was a great pit, wherein they threw the corpses of the poor unfortunates who chanced to fall into their power. 1 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 thieves thief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 13 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 20 under under ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 corpses corpse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 unfortunates unfortunate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 chanced chance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | this thieves | | | a kind of tower | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kind=Location | | 2 | **have** | past | tower | several strong rooms | | room | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Patient | | 3 | **is** | past | room | | | a great pit | | | tree rules | | 4 | **throw** | past | thieves *= thief* | the corpses of the poor unfortunates | | | | wherein *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corpse=Theme | | 5 | **chance** | past | the poor unfortunates | | | | | | vn risk-94-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **fall** | to-infinitive | the poor unfortunates *not said here* | | | | | into thieves's power *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into power=Result | 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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/110/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/)