--- title: The soldiers took the money and left; they did not, however, go very… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The soldiers took the money and left; they did not, however, go very far, but hid themselves behind rocks and stones, and waited till they were quite sure that the prince did not intend to come back. Who acts: soldiers, prince. 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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 (soldiers, prince), 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:pg7128:27:57 # text = The soldiers took the money and left; they did not, however, go very far, but hid themselves behind rocks and stones, and waited till they were quite sure that the prince did not intend to come back. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 however however ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 very very ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obj _ _ 22 behind behind ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 till till SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 quite quite ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 37 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 intend intend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 back back ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the soldiers | the money | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | past | the soldiers *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **do** | past | soldiers *= soldier* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | far, however *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hide** | past | the soldiers *not said here* | soldiers *= soldier* | | rocks and stones | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient behind rock=Location | | 6 | **wait** | past | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | soldiers *= soldier* | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **intend** | past · do-support | the prince | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **come back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/58/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/27/)