--- title: About this time the Prudhan died, leaving a widow and one daughter;… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: About this time the Prudhan died, leaving a widow and one daughter; and every day, every day, when the seven Princesses were preparing their father's dinner, the Prudhan's widow and daughter would come and beg for a little fire from the hearth. Who acts: Prudhan, seven Princesses, widow. 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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 (Prudhan, seven Princesses, widow), 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:pg7128:9:7 # text = About this time the Prudhan died, leaving a widow and one daughter; and every day, every day, when the seven Princesses were preparing their father's dinner, the Prudhan's widow and daughter would come and beg for a little fire from the hearth. 1 About about ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Prudhan Prudhan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 20 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 Princesses Princess PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 preparing prepare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 28 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 's 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Prudhan Prudhan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 's 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 hearth hearth NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past | the Prudhan | | | | time | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **leave** | gerund | the Prudhan *not said here* | a widow and one daughter | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent widow=Theme | | 3 | **prepare** | past · progressive | the seven Princesses | daughters's father's dinner | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient | | 4 | **come** | would | the Prudhan's widow and daughter | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | infinitive | the Prudhan's widow and daughter *not said here* | | | the hearth | | for a little fire | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for fire=Topic | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/8/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/)