--- title: So the vizier's son fetched the horses without any person knowing it… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So the vizier's son fetched the horses without any person knowing it, and repeating the charm, he made them pass through the narrow doorway like pieces of cloth, and when they were all outside restored them to their former condition. Who acts: son, person, horses. 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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, person, horses), 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:pg7128:27:131 # text = So the vizier's son fetched the horses without any person knowing it, and repeating the charm, he made them pass through the narrow doorway like pieces of cloth, and when they were all outside restored them to their former condition. 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 vizier vizier NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 fetched fetch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 without without ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 11 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 knowing know VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 repeating repeat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 through through ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 doorway doorway NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 like like ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 all all ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 outside outside ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 restored restore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fetch** | past | the vizier's son | the horses | | | | without any person | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 2 | **know** | gerund | any person *not said here* | charm | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 3 | **repeat** | gerund | the vizier's son *not said here* | the charm | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=Eventuality | | 4 | **make** | past | son | horses *= horse* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **pass** | infinitive | horses *= horse* *not said here* | | | the narrow doorway like pieces of cloth | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through doorway=Location | | 6 | **is** | past | horses *= horse* | | | | | all, outside *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **restore** | past | the vizier's son *not said here* | horses *= horse* | horses's former condition | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to condition=Recipient | | 8 | **condition** | | horses *= horse* | | | | | | nom condition «state transitive»: poss=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 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/130/) - next →: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/132/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/)