--- title: The marriage soon took place, and then after a few weeks the king ga… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The marriage soon took place, and then after a few weeks the king gave them presents of horses and elephants, and jewels and rich cloths, and bade them start for their own land; for he was sure that the king would now receive them. Who acts: marriage, king, jewels. 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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 (marriage, king, jewels), 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:pg7128:29:4 # text = The marriage soon took place, and then after a few weeks the king gave them presents of horses and elephants, and jewels and rich cloths, and bade them start for their own land; for he was sure that the king would now receive them. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 9 after after ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 elephants elephant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 24 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 cloths cloth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 start start VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 45 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ _ 47 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the marriage | place | | | | soon *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 2 | **give** | past | the king | presents of horses and elephants | them *= they* | | then; week | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient present=Theme | | 3 | **start** | present | jewels and rich cloths and bade | | | | | for jewels's own land | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **is** | past | king | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **receive** | would | the king | jewels *= jewel* | | | now | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/29/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/29/5/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/29/)