--- title: Then the Ranee said to her daughter, "I cannot tell how it is, every… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Ranee said to her daughter, "I cannot tell how it is, every day those seven girls say they don't want any dinner, and won't eat any; and yet they never grow thin nor look ill; they look better than you do. Who acts: Ranee, tree, seven girls, girls. 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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 (Ranee, tree, seven girls, girls), 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:pg7128:9:32 # text = Then the Ranee said to her daughter, "I cannot tell how it is, every day those seven girls say they don't want any dinner, and won't eat any; and yet they never grow thin nor look ill; they look better than you do. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Ranee Ranee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 14 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 ccomp _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 19 det _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 21 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 23 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 26 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 28 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 29 det _ _ 29 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 33 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 35 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 yet yet ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 42 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ _ 43 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 44 cc _ _ 44 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 45 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 49 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 48 xcomp _ _ 50 than than SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Ranee | | Ranee's daughter | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to daughter=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | can | the Ranee *= ranee* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | tree | | | | | how *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | that seven girls | | | | day | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **want** *in a quote* | present · do-support | girls *= girl* | any dinner | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dinner=Theme | | 6 | **not** **eat** *in a quote* | future | girls *= girl* *not said here* | any | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Patient | | 7 | **not** **grow** *in a quote* | present | girls *= girl* | | | | yet | thin *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **look** *in a quote* | present | girls *= girl* *not said here* | | | | | ill *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **look** *in a quote* | present | girls *= girl* | | | | | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 10 | **do** *in a quote* | present | Ranee's daughter *= daughter* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/33/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/)