--- title: Then the prince took a little knife from his pocket, and cut the tho… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the prince took a little knife from his pocket, and cut the thorn out of the tiger's foot; but when he cut, the tiger roared louder than ever--so loud that his wife heard him in the next jungle, and came bounding along to see what was the matter. Who acts: prince, tiger, wife. 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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 (prince, tiger, wife), 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:pg7128:7:89 # text = Then the prince took a little knife from his pocket, and cut the thorn out of the tiger's foot; but when he cut, the tiger roared louder than ever--so loud that his wife heard him in the next jungle, and came bounding along to see what was the matter. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 cut cut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 thorn thorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 out out ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 tiger tiger NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 's 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 tiger tiger NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 roared roar VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 31 louder loud ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 30 advmod _ _ 32 than than ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 parataxis _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 jungle jungle NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 49 bounding bound VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 48 xcomp _ _ 50 along along ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 advcl _ _ 53 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 56 nsubj _ _ 54 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the prince | a little knife | | prince's pocket | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent knife=Theme from pocket=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **cut** | infinitive | | the thorn | | the tiger's foot | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thorn=Product | | 3 | **cut** | past | prince | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **roar** | past | the tiger | | | | | loud *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 5 | **hear** | past | prince's wife | prince | | the next jungle | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 6 | **come** | past | the prince *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **bound** | gerund | the prince *not said here* | | | | | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **see** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **is a** | past | | the matter | | | | | tree rules | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/7/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/7/90/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/7/)