--- title: In the midst of the way they passed the tower of the robbers, and wi… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In the midst of the way they passed the tower of the robbers, and with the help of the soldiers they razed it to the ground, slew all its inmates, and seized the treasure which they had been amassing there for several years. Who acts: horses, treasure. 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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 (horses, treasure), 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:pg7128:29:8 # text = In the midst of the way they passed the tower of the robbers, and with the help of the soldiers they razed it to the ground, slew all its inmates, and seized the treasure which they had been amassing there for several years. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 razed raze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ _ 31 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 inmates inmate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 aux _ _ 42 amassing amass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 acl:relcl _ _ 43 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past | horses *= horse* | the tower of the robbers | | the midst of the way | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent tower=Theme in midst=Destination | | 2 | **raze** | past | horses *= horse* | tower | | | | with the help of the soldiers; to the ground | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with help=Instrument | | 3 | **slay** | past | horses *= horse* *not said here* | ground's inmates | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inmate=Patient | | 4 | **seize** | past | horses *= horse* *not said here* | the treasure | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme | | 5 | **amass** | past · perfect · progressive | the treasure | | | there | year | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **help** | | | the soldiers | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: of=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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/29/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/29/9/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/29/)