--- title: Now there was by the Ranee's tomb a small tank, and as they were cry… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now there was by the Ranee's tomb a small tank, and as they were crying they saw that the tank was filled with a rich cream-like substance, which quickly hardened into a thick white cake. Who acts: small tank, Princesses, rich like substance. 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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 (small tank, Princesses, rich like substance), 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:pg7128:9:51 # text = Now there was by the Ranee's tomb a small tank, and as they were crying they saw that the tank was filled with a rich cream-like substance, which quickly hardened into a thick white cake. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Ranee Ranee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 tomb tomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 tank tank NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 tank tank NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 ccomp _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 27 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 28 cream cream NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 34 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 hardened harden VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | a small tank | | | there | now | by the Ranee's tomb | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by tomb=Location | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past · progressive | Princesses *= princess* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | past | Princesses *= princess* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **fill** | past · passive | | the tank | | | | with a rich like substance | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with substance=Instrument | | 5 | **harden** | past | a rich like substance | | | a thick white cake | | quickly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/52/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/)