--- title: The night before they left the viziers and others, whom the king int… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The night before they left the viziers and others, whom the king intended to have executed as soon as his visitors had left, came and besought the vizier's son to plead for them, and promised that they each would give him a daughter in marriage. Who acts: jewels, visitors, night. 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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 (jewels, visitors, night), 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:pg7128:29:5 # text = The night before they left the viziers and others, whom the king intended to have executed as soon as his visitors had left, came and besought the vizier's son to plead for them, and promised that they each would give him a daughter in marriage. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 3 before before SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 viziers vizier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 intended intend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 16 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux _ _ 17 executed execute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 xcomp _ _ 18 as as ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 visitors visitor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 26 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 besought beseech VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 vizier vizier NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 's 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 plead plead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 41 det _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 iobj _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | jewels *= jewel* | the viziers and others | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vizier=Theme | | 2 | **intend** | participle · passive | | the viziers and others | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **execute** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · perfect | | | | | | soon *property* | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **leave** | past · perfect | king's visitors | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | the night | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **beseech** | past | the night *not said here* | the vizier's son | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **plead** *speech: request* | to-infinitive | the night *not said here* | | | | | for jewels *= jewel* | tree rules | | 8 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the night *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **give** | would | jewels *= jewel* | a daughter | king | marriage | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient daughter=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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/29/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/29/6/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/29/)