--- title: The prince aimed at a bird that was perched on the window-sill of th… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The prince aimed at a bird that was perched on the window-sill of that room, and had not the slightest idea that anybody was at hand, or he would not have shot in that direction. Who acts: prince, anybody. 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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 (prince, anybody), 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:pg7128:27:11 # text = The prince aimed at a bird that was perched on the window-sill of that room, and had not the slightest idea that anybody was at hand, or he would not have shot in that direction. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 3 aimed aim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 perched perch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 sill sill NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 slightest slight ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 amod _ _ 24 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 anybody anybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 29 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 35 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux _ _ 36 shot shoot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **aim** | participle | | the prince *not said here* | | | | at a bird | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **perch** | past · passive | | a bird | | the window sill of that room | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on sill=Destination | | 3 | **have** | past | the prince | the slightest idea | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient | | 4 | **is** | past | anybody | the slightest idea *not said here* | | hand | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **shoot** | would · perfect · passive | | Prince | | that direction | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in direction=Destination | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/12/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/)