--- title: The vizier's son asked her not to speak about them at the palace, ho… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The vizier's son asked her not to speak about them at the palace, hoping that, because she had been told not to do so, she would mention their arrival, and thus the princess would be informed of their coming. Who acts: son, princess, arrangement. 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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, princess, arrangement), 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:pg7128:28:15 # text = The vizier's son asked her not to speak about them at the palace, hoping that, because she had been told not to do so, she would mention their arrival, and thus the princess would be informed of their coming. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 vizier vizier NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 10 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 17 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 because because SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 mention mention VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 36 thus thus ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 informed inform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 parataxis _ _ 42 of of SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the vizier's son | | princess | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the vizier's son *not said here* | | | the palace | | about arrangement | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about they=Topic | | 3 | **hope** | gerund | the vizier's son *not said here* | that | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | | princess | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **mention** *speech: other* | would | princess | arrangement's arrival | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent arrival=Topic | | 7 | **inform** *speech: other* | would · passive | | the princess | | | | thus *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 8 | **come** | gerund | arrangement | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **arrive** | | arrangement | | | | | | nom arrival «act intransitive»: 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/16/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/)