--- title: "Then," said the king, when the merchant brought back this reply, "t… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Then," said the king, when the merchant brought back this reply, "to-morrow I will cause all the male inhabitants of this city to pass before your house, and your wife will stand at the window and watch for the man who did this wanton deed." Who acts: king, merchant, wife, man. 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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 (king, merchant, wife, man), 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:pg7128:27:23 # text = "Then," said the king, when the merchant brought back this reply, "to-morrow I will cause all the male inhabitants of this city to pass before your house, and your wife will stand at the window and watch for the man who did this wanton deed." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 back back ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 24 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 male male ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ _ 33 before before ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 51 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 52 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 54 det _ _ 53 wanton wanton NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **bring back** | past | the merchant | this reply | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent reply=Theme | | 3 | **cause** *in a quote* | future | the king *= king* | all male inhabitants of this city | | | | to morrow | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition inhabitant=Patient | | 4 | **pass** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the king *= king* *not said here* | all male inhabitants of this city *not said here* | | your house | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before house=Location | | 5 | **stand** *in a quote* | future | your wife | | | the window | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at window=Location | | 6 | **watch** *in a quote* | infinitive | your wife *not said here* | | | | | for the man | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for man=Theme | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | past | the man | this wanton deed | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Eventuality | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/24/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/)