--- title: In the evening, when the old woman had returned to her hut, she told… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In the evening, when the old woman had returned to her hut, she told the vizier's son how sorry she was that she could not help breaking her promise, and how the princess had struck her because she mentioned their coming and all about them. Who acts: old woman, woman, princess, men. 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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 (old woman, woman, princess, men), 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:pg7128:28:26 # text = In the evening, when the old woman had returned to her hut, she told the vizier's son how sorry she was that she could not help breaking her promise, and how the princess had struck her because she mentioned their coming and all about them. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 vizier vizier NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 iobj _ _ 21 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 22 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 30 breaking break VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 xcomp _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 because because SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 mentioned mention VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 ccomp _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 all all ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 about about ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past · perfect | the old woman | | | | evening | to woman's hut *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to hut=Result | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | woman | | the vizier's son | | | sorry *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent son=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **is** | could · past | woman | | | | | help *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **break** *not said to happen* | gerund | woman *not said here* | woman's promise | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient | | 5 | **strike** | past · perfect · passive | | the princess | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient she=Result | | 6 | **mention** *speech: other* | past | princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **come** | gerund | men *= man* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **promise** | | woman | | | | | | nom promise «communication transitive»: 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/27/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/)