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# Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3, sentence 62

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And not content with this, she next day pretended to be very, very ill--in fact, at the point of death--and when the Raja was much grieved, and asked her whether it was in his power to procure her any remedy, she said to him: "Only one thing can save my life, but I know you will not do it."

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**Who acts:** you, Ranee, Raja, one thing, Prudhan · **What happens:** not content, pretend, be, grieve, ask, procure · **To what, where:** fact, Raja, Ranee, power, remedy, Prudhan · **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 (you, Ranee, Raja, one thing), 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:pg7128:9:62
# text = And not content with this, she next day pretended to be very, very ill--in fact, at the point of death--and when the Raja was much grieved, and asked her whether it was in his power to procure her any remedy, she said to him: "Only one thing can save my life, but I know you will not do it."
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	content	content	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	pretended	pretend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	very	very	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
28	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	33	advmod	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	Raja	Raja	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
31	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux:pass	_	_
32	much	much	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	grieved	grieve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
37	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	iobj	_	_
38	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
39	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
40	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	cop	_	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	advcl	_	_
44	to	to	PART	TO	_	45	mark	_	_
45	procure	procure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	xcomp	_	_
46	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	obj	_	_
47	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	48	det	_	_
48	remedy	remedy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
50	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
51	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	parataxis	_	_
52	to	to	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	60	punct	_	_
55	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	60	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	_
57	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	58	nummod	_	_
58	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nsubj	_	_
59	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	60	aux	_	_
60	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	advcl	_	_
61	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	62	nmod:poss	_	_
62	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
64	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
65	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	66	nsubj	_	_
66	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
67	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	70	nsubj	_	_
68	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	70	aux	_	_
69	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	70	advmod	_	_
70	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	66	ccomp	_	_
71	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	70	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **content** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with this | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **pretend** | past | Ranee |  |  | fact |  | at the point of death | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | Ranee *not said here* |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **grieve** | past · passive |  | the Raja |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Ranee *not said here* |  | Ranee |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 6 | **is** | past | Raja |  |  | Prudhan's power |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **procure** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ranee *not said here* | any remedy | Ranee |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary remedy=Theme |
| 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ranee |  | Prudhan |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |
| 9 | **save** *in a quote* | can | one thing | my life |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme |
| 10 | **know** *in a quote* | present | Ranee |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 11 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | future | Prudhan | remedy |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 12 | **point** |  |  | death |  |  |  |  | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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