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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 (son, Prince, disapproval), 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:pg7128:27:113 # text = The vizier's son frowned slightly in token of disapproval; but the prince was tired, and thinking that it was only a whim of his friend's, he said to the men, "Very well. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 vizier vizier NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 5 frowned frown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 slightly slightly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 token token NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 disapproval disapproval NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 19 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 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 only only ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 whim whim NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 ccomp _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 's 's PART POS _ 28 case _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Very very ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frown** | participle | | the vizier's son *not said here* | | | | in token of disapproval; slightly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in token=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the vizier's son | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | past | disapproval | a whim | | | | of Prince's friend | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Prince | | | | | well *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/114/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/)