--- title: Our king has forbidden the people in his country to light any lamps;… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Our king has forbidden the people in his country to light any lamps; for, as soon as it is dark, his daughter, the Princess Labam, comes and sits on her roof, and she shines so that she lights up all the country and our houses, and we can see to do our work as if it were day." Who acts: king, lamp, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/7/141/) [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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/7/) / 141 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 1, sentence 141 Our king has forbidden the people in his country to light any lamps; for, as soon as it is dark, his daughter, the Princess Labam, comes and sits on her roof, and she shines so that she lights up all the country and our houses, and we can see to do our work as if it were day." **Who acts:** king, lamp, need, we, our · **What happens:** forbid, light, be, come, sit, shine · **To what, where:** people, country, lamps, roof, work This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, lamp, need, we), 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:pg7128:7:141 # text = Our king has forbidden the people in his country to light any lamps; for, as soon as it is dark, his daughter, the Princess Labam, comes and sits on her roof, and she shines so that she lights up all the country and our houses, and we can see to do our work as if it were day." 1 Our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 forbidden forbid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 light light VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 12 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 13 det _ _ 13 lamps lamp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 as as ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 Labam Labam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 shines shine VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 41 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 44 mark _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 fixed _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 lights light VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 48 det:predet _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 xcomp _ _ 59 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 61 as as ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 62 if if SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 63 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 cop _ _ 65 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 " " PUNCT '' _ 56 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forbid** | present · perfect | Our king | the people | | King's country | | | tree rules | | 2 | **light** | to-infinitive | Our king *not said here* | any lamps | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Product | | 3 | **is** | present | lamp | | | | | dark, soon *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | present | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **sit** | present | | | | need's roof | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on roof=Location | | 6 | **shine** | present | need | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 7 | **light up** | present | need | all country and our houses | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **see** | can | we | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **do** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | our work | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | | 10 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | lamp | | | | as day | | tree rules | | 11 | **work** | | our | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: 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 140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/7/140/) - next →: [sentence 142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/7/142/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/7/)