--- title: Then, feeling he could not kill them, the Raja spoke kindly to them,… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then, feeling he could not kill them, the Raja spoke kindly to them, and told them to come out into the jungle with him; and there he made a fire and cooked some rice, and gave it to them. Who acts: Raja, thing. 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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 (Raja, thing), 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:pg7128:9:67 # text = Then, feeling he could not kill them, the Raja spoke kindly to them, and told them to come out into the jungle with him; and there he made a fire and cooked some rice, and gave it to them. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Raja Raja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 22 out out ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 into into ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 jungle jungle NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 cooked cook VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 37 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 38 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | gerund | the Raja *not said here* | | | | then | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **kill** | could | thing | daughters *= daughter* | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the Raja | | daughters *= daughter* | | | kindly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to they=Co-Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Raja *not said here* | | daughters *= daughter* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **come out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Raja *not said here* | | | the jungle | | with thing; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **make** | past | thing | a fire | | there | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product | | 7 | **cook** | past | thing *not said here* | some rice | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent rice=Patient | | 8 | **give** | past | thing *not said here* | Raja | daughters *= daughter* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to they=Recipient | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/68/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/)