--- title: At first the old woman did not like the idea of these travellers sta… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At first the old woman did not like the idea of these travellers staying in her house, but the sight of a muhr, which the prince dropped in the bottom of a cup in which she had given him water, and a present of another muhr from the vizier's son, quickly made her change her mind. 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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 (old woman, travellers, prince, woman), 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:pg7128:27:139 # text = At first the old woman did not like the idea of these travellers staying in her house, but the sight of a muhr, which the prince dropped in the bottom of a cup in which she had given him water, and a present of another muhr from the vizier's son, quickly made her change her mind. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 travellers traveller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 staying stay VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 muhr muhr NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 obj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 obl _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 acl:relcl _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 iobj _ _ 42 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 49 det _ _ 49 muhr muhr NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 from from ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 vizier vizier NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 53 's 's PART POS _ 52 case _ _ 54 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 58 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 xcomp _ _ 60 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | the old woman | the idea of this travellers | | | | the sight of a muhr *obl* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot idea=Theme | | 2 | **stay** | gerund | this travellers *not said here* | | | woman's house | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location | | 3 | **drop** | past | the prince | a muhr | | the bottom of a cup | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent which=Theme in bottom=Destination | | 4 | **give** | past · perfect | woman | water | Prince | a cup | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient water=Theme | | 5 | **make** | past | | woman | | | | quickly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **change** | infinitive | woman *not said here* | woman's mind | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | | 7 | **sight** | | | a muhr | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **mind** | | woman | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/138/) - next →: [sentence 140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/140/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/)