--- title: One day, whilst they were thus sobbing and crying, lo and behold! a… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: One day, whilst they were thus sobbing and crying, lo and behold! a beautiful pomelo tree grew up out of the grave, covered with fresh ripe pomeloes, and the children satisfied their hunger by eating some of the fruit, and every day after this, instead of trying to eat the bad dinner their step-moth --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/31/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/) / [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/) / 31 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3, sentence 31 One day, whilst they were thus sobbing and crying, lo and behold! a beautiful pomelo tree grew up out of the grave, covered with fresh ripe pomeloes, and the children satisfied their hunger by eating some of the fruit, and every day after this, instead of trying to eat the bad dinner their step-mother provided for them, they used to go out to their mother's grave and eat the pomeloes which grew there on the beautiful tree. **Who acts:** children, beautiful pomelo tree, step mother, pomeloes · **What happens:** sob, cry, grow up, cover, satisfy, eat · **To what, where:** One day, grave, hunger, some, bad dinner, pomeloes 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 (children, beautiful pomelo tree, step mother, pomeloes), 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:pg7128:9:31 # text = One day, whilst they were thus sobbing and crying, lo and behold! a beautiful pomelo tree grew up out of the grave, covered with fresh ripe pomeloes, and the children satisfied their hunger by eating some of the fruit, and every day after this, instead of trying to eat the bad dinner their step-mother provided for them, they used to go out to their mother's grave and eat the pomeloes which grew there on the beautiful tree. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 thus thus ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 sobbing sob VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 lo lo INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 behold behold INTJ UH _ 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 pomelo pomelo NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 out out ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 ripe ripe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 pomeloes pomeloe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 satisfied satisfy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 37 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 by by SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 40 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 41 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 40 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 48 det _ _ 48 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ _ 49 after after ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 54 mark _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 52 fixed _ _ 54 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 60 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 61 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 62 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 64 provided provide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 acl:relcl _ _ 65 for for ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 68 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 69 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 70 to to PART TO _ 71 mark _ _ 71 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 xcomp _ _ 72 out out ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ _ 73 to to ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 74 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 75 nmod:poss _ _ 75 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 76 's 's PART POS _ 75 case _ _ 77 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ _ 78 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 79 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 71 conj _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 81 pomeloes pomeloe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 79 obj _ _ 82 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 83 nsubj _ _ 83 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 81 acl:relcl _ _ 84 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 83 advmod _ _ 85 on on ADP IN _ 88 case _ _ 86 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 88 det _ _ 87 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 88 amod _ _ 88 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 89 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sob** | past · progressive | children *= child* | One day *not said here* | | | | thus *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent day=Theme | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **grow up** | past | a beautiful pomelo tree | | | the grave | day | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out grave=Location | | 4 | **cover** | participle | | the grave *not said here* | | | | with fresh ripe pomeloes | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with pomeloe=Theme | | 5 | **satisfy** | past | the children | children's hunger | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hunger=Experiencer | | 6 | **eat** | gerund | the children *not said here* | some | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Patient | | 7 | **try** | gerund | a beautiful pomelo tree *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a beautiful pomelo tree *not said here* | the bad dinner | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient | | 9 | **provide** | past | children's step mother | the bad dinner *not said here* | | | | for children *= child* | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition dinner=Theme for they=Beneficiary | | 10 | **use** | past | children *= child* | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 11 | **go out** | to-infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | to children's mother's grave; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **eat** | infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | the pomeloes | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pomeloe=Patient | | 13 | **grow** | past | the pomeloes | | | the beautiful tree; there | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on tree=Location | | 14 | **hunger** | | children *= child* | | | | | | nom hunger «state intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/32/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/)