--- title: To-morrow," she said, "when no one is near you, you must say to the… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: To-morrow," she said, "when no one is near you, you must say to the tree-trunk, 'The Princess Labam commands you to let yourself be cut in two by this hair.' Who acts: princess, one, you, Princess Labam. 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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 (princess, one, you, Princess Labam), 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:pg7128:8:117 # text = To-morrow," she said, "when no one is near you, you must say to the tree-trunk, 'The Princess Labam commands you to let yourself be cut in two by this hair.' 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 when when SCONJ WRB _ 15 mark _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 near near ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 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 30 nsubj _ _ 30 commands command VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 34 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 obj _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 xcomp _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 obl _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | princess | | morrow | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to morrow=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | no one | | | | | near you | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | must | you | | the tree trunk | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to trunk=Recipient | | 4 | **command** | present | the Princess Labam | you | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 5 | **let** | to-infinitive | the Princess Labam *not said here* | yourself | | two | | by this hair | tree rules | | 6 | **cut** | infinitive · passive | yourself *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | 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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/8/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/8/118/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/8/)