--- title: But in the afternoon, it being very hot, the seven Princesses all fe… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But in the afternoon, it being very hot, the seven Princesses all fell asleep, and when he saw they were fast asleep, the Raja, their father, stole away and left them (for he feared his wife), saying to himself: "It is better my poor daughters should die here, than be killed by their step-mother." 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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 (rice, seven Princesses, thing, Princesses), 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:pg7128:9:68 # text = But in the afternoon, it being very hot, the seven Princesses all fell asleep, and when he saw they were fast asleep, the Raja, their father, stole away and left them (for he feared his wife), saying to himself: "It is better my poor daughters should die here, than be killed by their step-mother." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 Princesses Princess PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 14 all all ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 16 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 advmod _ _ 25 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Raja Raja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 34 away away ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 for for SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 : : PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 50 " " PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 expl _ _ 52 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 53 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 46 ccomp _ _ 54 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 55 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nsubj _ _ 57 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 csubj _ _ 59 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 58 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 61 than than SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 62 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 63 aux:pass _ _ 63 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 conj _ _ 64 by by ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 65 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 66 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 67 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | rice | | | | afternoon | hot *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fall** | past | the seven Princesses | | | | | all, asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | thing | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | Princesses *= princess* | | | | | asleep, fast *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **steal away** | past | the Raja | | | | | away *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **leave** | past | the seven Princesses *not said here* | Princesses *= princess* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **fear** | past | thing | thing's wife | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | thing *not said here* | | thing | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **die** *in a quote* | should | my poor daughters | | | here | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 11 | **kill** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | daughters's step mother | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/69/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/)