--- title: In a moment they were there, and there too was the object of their s… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In a moment they were there, and there too was the object of their search standing by one of the palace gates, and longing to see the prince quite as much as he was longing to see her. Who acts: things, object, search, prince. A sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Ha --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/51/) [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/) / 51 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 22, sentence 51 In a moment they were there, and there too was the object of their search standing by one of the palace gates, and longing to see the prince quite as much as he was longing to see her. **Who acts:** things, object, search, prince · **What happens:** be, stand, long, see, search · **To what, where:** prince, object 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 (things, object, search, prince), 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:pg7128:28:51 # text = In a moment they were there, and there too was the object of their search standing by one of the palace gates, and longing to see the prince quite as much as he was longing to see her. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 11 expl _ _ 10 too too ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 longing long VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 quite quite ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 as as ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 obj _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 longing long VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | things *= thing* | | | | moment | there *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | past | the object of things's search | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stand** | gerund | things's search *not said here* | | | | | by one of the palace gates | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by one=Location | | 4 | **long** | gerund | things's search *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | things's search *not said here* | the prince | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **long** | past · progressive | prince | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | object | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 8 | **search** | | things *= thing* | | | | | | nom search «act 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/52/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/)