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title: But when the widow came, she told him that she had played this trick… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: But when the widow came, she told him that she had played this trick because she wanted to gain an audience with him; and she spoke so cleverly, and pleased him so well with her cunning words, that instead of punishing her, the Raja married her, and made her his Ranee, and she and her daughter came 
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# Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3, sentence 27

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But when the widow came, she told him that she had played this trick because she wanted to gain an audience with him; and she spoke so cleverly, and pleased him so well with her cunning words, that instead of punishing her, the Raja married her, and made her his Ranee, and she and her daughter came to live in the palace.

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**Who acts:** widow, woman, Raja · **What happens:** come, tell, play, want, gain, speak · **To what, where:** Prudhan, trick, audience, woman, Ranee, palace · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (widow, woman, Raja), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7128:9:27
# text = But when the widow came, she told him that she had played this trick because she wanted to gain an audience with him; and she spoke so cleverly, and pleased him so well with her cunning words, that instead of punishing her, the Raja married her, and made her his Ranee, and she and her daughter came to live in the palace.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
2	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	widow	widow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	iobj	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	played	play	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	ccomp	_	_
14	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	gain	gain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
21	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	audience	audience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	with	with	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
29	so	so	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
30	cleverly	cleverly	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	_
34	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
35	so	so	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
36	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
37	with	with	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
38	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
39	cunning	cunning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
42	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	40	nmod	_	_
43	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=SCONJ	45	mark	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	fixed	_	_
45	punishing	punish	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	42	acl	_	_
46	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	Raja	Raja	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	nsubj	_	_
50	married	marry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
51	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
54	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	conj	_	_
55	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	obj	_	_
56	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	57	nmod:poss	_	_
57	Ranee	Ranee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
59	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	64	cc	_	_
60	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	64	nsubj	_	_
61	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
62	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	63	nmod:poss	_	_
63	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	conj	_	_
64	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	conj	_	_
65	to	to	PART	TO	_	66	mark	_	_
66	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	64	xcomp	_	_
67	in	in	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
68	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
69	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the widow |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | woman |  | Prudhan |  |  | with woman's cunning words  that; well *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **play** | past · perfect | woman | this trick |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Theme |
| 4 | **want** | past | woman |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 5 | **gain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | woman *not said here* | a audience |  |  |  | with Prudhan | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent audience=Theme |
| 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | woman |  |  |  |  | cleverly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **punish** | gerund |  | woman |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 8 | **marry** | past | the Raja | woman |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 9 | **make** | past | the Raja *not said here* | Prudhan's Ranee | woman |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary ranee=Product |
| 10 | **come** | past | woman |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **live** | to-infinitive | woman *not said here* |  |  | the palace |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in palace=Location |
| 12 | **word** |  | woman |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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