--- title: He then shot a deer, and returning home, put some of its blood on th… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He then shot a deer, and returning home, put some of its blood on the forehead and hands of the Ranee, and she thought then that he had really killed the Princesses, and said she felt quite well. Who acts: thing, Ranee. 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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 (thing, Ranee), 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:pg7128:9:69 # text = He then shot a deer, and returning home, put some of its blood on the forehead and hands of the Ranee, and she thought then that he had really killed the Princesses, and said she felt quite well. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 returning return VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 9 home home ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 11 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 12 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 11 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Ranee Ranee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 really really ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 ccomp _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Princesses Princess PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 41 quite quite ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shoot** | past | thing | a deer | | | then | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Theme | | 2 | **return** | gerund | | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **put** | infinitive | thing *not said here* | some | | the forehead and hands of the Ranee | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent some=Theme on forehead=Destination | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Ranee | | | | then | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive | | thing | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer princess=Result | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **feel** | past | Ranee | | | | | well *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/70/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/)