--- title: The next time the old woman went to the palace Gulizar called one of… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The next time the old woman went to the palace Gulizar called one of her servants and ordered her to rush into the room while she was conversing with the old woman; and if the old woman asked what was the matter, she was to say that the king's elephants had gone mad, and were rushing about the city --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/34/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/) / [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/) / 34 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 22, sentence 34 The next time the old woman went to the palace Gulizar called one of her servants and ordered her to rush into the room while she was conversing with the old woman; and if the old woman asked what was the matter, she was to say that the king's elephants had gone mad, and were rushing about the city and bazaar in every direction, and destroying everything in their way. **Who acts:** old woman, Gulizar, woman, matter, elephants · **What happens:** go, call, order, rush, converse, ask · **To what, where:** palace, woman, room, everything, way · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 22. 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, Gulizar, woman, matter), 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:pg7128:28:34 # text = The next time the old woman went to the palace Gulizar called one of her servants and ordered her to rush into the room while she was conversing with the old woman; and if the old woman asked what was the matter, she was to say that the king's elephants had gone mad, and were rushing about the city and bazaar in every direction, and destroying everything in their way. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 Gulizar Gulizar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 xcomp _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 rush rush VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 while while SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 conversing converse VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 40 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 ccomp _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 52 's 's PART POS _ 51 case _ _ 53 elephants elephant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nsubj _ _ 54 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 48 ccomp _ _ 56 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 59 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 rushing rush VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 61 about about ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 bazaar bazaar NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 conj _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 68 det _ _ 68 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 71 destroying destroy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 60 conj _ _ 72 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 71 obj _ _ 73 in in ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 75 nmod:poss _ _ 75 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the old woman | | | the palace | time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **call** | past | Gulizar | the palace *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent palace=Recipient | | 3 | **order** | past | the old woman *not said here* | | woman | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **rush** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the old woman *not said here* | | | | | into the room *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into room=Result | | 5 | **converse** *speech: other* | past · progressive | woman | | | | | with the old woman | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with woman=Co-Agent | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the old woman | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | past | the matter | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **be** *speech: assert* | past | woman | | | | | say *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **go** | past · perfect | the king's elephants | | | | | mad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **rush** | past · progressive | the old woman *not said here* | | | | | about the city and bazaar in every direction | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about city=Trajectory | | 11 | **destroy** | gerund | the old woman *not said here* | everything | | elephants's way | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/35/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/)