--- title: At last, one day, he determined to hide, and watch his daughters coo… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At last, one day, he determined to hide, and watch his daughters cooking, and see how it all happened; so he went into the next room, and watched them through a hole in the wall. Who acts: Prudhan, daughters, it. 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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 (Prudhan, daughters, it), 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:pg7128:9:18 # text = At last, one day, he determined to hide, and watch his daughters cooking, and see how it all happened; so he went into the next room, and watched them through a hole in the wall. 1 At at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 cooking cook VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 20 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 all all ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 through through ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | past | Prudhan | | | | day | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **hide** | to-infinitive | Prudhan *not said here* | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **watch** | infinitive | Prudhan *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **cook** | gerund | Prudhan's daughters | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **see** | infinitive | Prudhan *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **happen** | past | it | | | | | all *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **go** | past | Prudhan | | | the next room | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into room=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **watch** | past | Prudhan *not said here* | daughters *= daughter* | | a hole in the wall | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/19/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/)