--- title: So all the kings and kings' sons who wanted to marry the Princess La… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So all the kings and kings' sons who wanted to marry the Princess Labam had to fight with these demons; "for," said the king to himself, "perhaps the demons may be killed, and then I shall be rid of them." Who acts: sons, 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 (sons, 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:pg7128:8:72 # text = So all the kings and kings' sons who wanted to marry the Princess Labam had to fight with these demons; "for," said the king to himself, "perhaps the demons may be killed, and then I shall be rid of them." 1 So so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod:poss _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ' 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 8 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 Labam Labam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 demons demon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 for for ADP IN _ 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 demons demon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 cop _ _ 46 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | all kings and kings's sons | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | all kings and kings's sons *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | past | the Princess Labam | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **fight** | to-infinitive | the Princess Labam *not said here* | | | | | with this demons | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with demon=Co-Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | all kings and kings's sons | the king | king | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Topic to himself=Recipient | | 6 | **kill** *in a quote* | may · passive | | the demons | | | | perhaps *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | all kings and kings's sons *= son* | | | | then | of demons *= demon*; rid *property* | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/8/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/8/73/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/8/)