--- title: "Well," said the princess, "as you are the son of such a great Raja,… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Well," said the princess, "as you are the son of such a great Raja, I will not have you killed, and I will tell my father and mother that I wish to marry you." Who acts: princess, you. 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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, you), 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:pg7128:8:36 # text = "Well," said the princess, "as you are the son of such a great Raja, I will not have you killed, and I will tell my father and mother that I wish to marry you." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 19 det:predet _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 Raja Raja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | as the son; of such great Raja | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | future | the princess *= princess* | you | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **kill** *in a quote* | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | the princess *= princess* | | my father and mother | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent father=Recipient | | 6 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | the princess *= princess* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **marry** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the princess *= princess* *not said here* | you | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/8/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/8/37/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/8/)