--- title: She gave special directions that a certain poison was to be mixed in… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She gave special directions that a certain poison was to be mixed into it while cooking, and as soon as it was ready the cover was to be placed on the saucepan, so that the poisonous steam might not escape. Who acts: Gulizar, poison, poisonous steam. 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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 (Gulizar, poison, poisonous steam), 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:pg7128:28:63 # text = She gave special directions that a certain poison was to be mixed into it while cooking, and as soon as it was ready the cover was to be placed on the saucepan, so that the poisonous steam might not escape. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 special special ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 directions direction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 mixed mix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 while while SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 cooking cook VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 19 as as ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 advmod _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 cover cover NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 parataxis _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 saucepan saucepan NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 35 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 42 mark _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 fixed _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 poisonous poisonous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 steam steam NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 40 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | Gulizar | special directions | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Theme | | 2 | **mix** | past · passive | Gulizar *not said here* | a certain poison | | direction | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary that=Product | | 3 | **cook** | gerund | Gulizar *not said here* | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is** | past | poison | | | | | ready, soon *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **place** | past · passive | | the cover | | the saucepan | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on saucepan=Destination | | 6 | **not** **escape** | might | the poisonous steam | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/64/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/28/)