--- title: After this the old woman went and repeated almost the same words to… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: After this the old woman went and repeated almost the same words to the princess, on the hearing of which the princess beat her severely; and threatened her with a severer punishment if she ever again spoke of the strangers before her. Who acts: princess. 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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 (princess), 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:pg7128:28:25 # text = After this the old woman went and repeated almost the same words to the princess, on the hearing of which the princess beat her severely; and threatened her with a severer punishment if she ever again spoke of the strangers before her. 1 After after ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 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 6 obl _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 repeated repeat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 amod _ _ 9 almost almost ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 beat beat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 severely severely ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 threatened threaten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 severer severe ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 amod _ _ 34 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 38 advmod _ _ 38 again again ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 43 before before ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | | | | the hearing | after the old woman | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on hearing=Location | | 2 | **repeat** | participle | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **beat** | past | the princess | woman | | | | of the hearing; severely *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location she=Theme | | 4 | **threaten** | past | | woman | | | | with a severer punishment | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | princess | | | | before woman; again | of the strangers | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/26/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/)