--- title: The king caused a reply to be sent to the two exiles, in which he or… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The king caused a reply to be sent to the two exiles, in which he ordered them not to return, but to send a letter to Gulizar's father, and inform him of everything. Who acts: king. 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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), 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:pg7128:28:136 # text = The king caused a reply to be sent to the two exiles, in which he ordered them not to return, but to send a letter to Gulizar's father, and inform him of everything. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 exiles exile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 obl _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 send send VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 Gulizar Gulizar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 's 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 inform inform VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | past | the king | a reply | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition reply=Patient | | 2 | **send** | to-infinitive · passive | the king *not said here* | a reply *not said here* | | the two exiles | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to exile=Destination | | 3 | **order** | past | king | | exiles *= exile* | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **return** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **send** | to-infinitive | | a letter | Gulizar's father | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to father=Destination | | 6 | **inform** *speech: other* | infinitive | | | letter | | | of everything | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient of everything=Topic | 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 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/135/) - next →: [sentence 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/137/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/)