--- title: Then the Prudhan's widow used to go to the hearth and take a few sti… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Prudhan's widow used to go to the hearth and take a few sticks from it; and whilst no one was looking, she would quickly throw some mud into the midst of the dishes which were being prepared for the Raja's dinner. Who acts: widow, one, Balna. 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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 (widow, one, Balna), 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:pg7128:9:14 # text = Then the Prudhan's widow used to go to the hearth and take a few sticks from it; and whilst no one was looking, she would quickly throw some mud into the midst of the dishes which were being prepared for the Raja's dinner. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Prudhan Prudhan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hearth hearth NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 21 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 23 det _ _ 23 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 31 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 32 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 41 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Raja Raja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 's 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | past | the Prudhan's widow | | | | then | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | the Prudhan's widow *not said here* | | | the hearth | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hearth=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **take** | infinitive | the Prudhan's widow *not said here* | a few sticks | | hearth | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent stick=Theme from it=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **look** | past · progressive | no one | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **throw** | would | Balna | some mud | | | | into the midst of the dishes *result*; quickly *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer mud=Theme into midst=Result | | 6 | **prepare** | past · passive | | the dishes | | | | for the Raja's dinner | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for dinner=Beneficiary | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/15/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/)