--- title: She then said, "To save my life, you must kill the seven daughters o… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She then said, "To save my life, you must kill the seven daughters of your first wife, and put some of their blood on my forehead and on the palms of my hands, and their death will be my life." Who acts: Ranee, you, death, lives. 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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, you, death, lives), 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:pg7128:9:64 # text = She then said, "To save my life, you must kill the seven daughters of your first wife, and put some of their blood on my forehead and on the palms of my hands, and their death will be my life." 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 To to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 20 amod _ _ 20 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 24 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 23 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 palms palm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ranee | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **save** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | my life | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 3 | **kill** *in a quote* | must | you | the seven daughters of your first wife | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme | | 4 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | | some | | my forehead and the palms of my hands | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent some=Theme on forehead=Destination | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | future | lives's death | my life | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **die** *in a quote* | | lives *= life* | | | | | | nom death «event 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/65/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/)