--- title: Meantime the seven Princesses awoke, and when they found themselves… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Meantime the seven Princesses awoke, and when they found themselves all alone in the thick jungle they were much frightened, and began to call out as loud as they could, in hopes of making their father hear; but he was by that time far away, and would not have been able to hear them even had their v --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/70/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Indian Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/) / [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/) / 70 # Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3, sentence 70 Meantime the seven Princesses awoke, and when they found themselves all alone in the thick jungle they were much frightened, and began to call out as loud as they could, in hopes of making their father hear; but he was by that time far away, and would not have been able to hear them even had their voices been as loud as thunder. **Who acts:** Meantime, Princesses, thick jungle, hopes, father, voices · **What happens:** awake, find, frighten, begin, call out, make · **To what, where:** Princesses, thick jungle, hopes This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Meantime, Princesses, thick jungle, hopes), 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:pg7128:9:70 # text = Meantime the seven Princesses awoke, and when they found themselves all alone in the thick jungle they were much frightened, and began to call out as loud as they could, in hopes of making their father hear; but he was by that time far away, and would not have been able to hear them even had their voices been as loud as thunder. 1 Meantime meantime NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 Princesses Princess PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obj _ _ 12 all all ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 alone alone ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 jungle jungle NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 20 much much ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 as as ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 hopes hope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 36 of of SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 47 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 48 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 49 advmod _ _ 49 away away ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 52 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 53 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 56 advmod _ _ 54 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 56 aux _ _ 55 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 56 cop _ _ 56 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 xcomp _ _ 59 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 even even ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 advcl _ _ 62 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 nsubj _ _ 64 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 66 cop _ _ 65 as as ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 66 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 ccomp _ _ 67 as as ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **awake** | past | Meantime | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **find** | past | Princesses *= princess* | Princesses *= princess* | | the thick jungle | | alone *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Topic | | 3 | **frighten** | past · passive | the thick jungle *not said here* | Princesses *= princess* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 4 | **begin** | past | Meantime *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **call out** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Meantime *not said here* | | | hopes | | loud *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **make** | gerund | hopes *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **hear** | infinitive | Princesses's father | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** | past | father | | | | by that time | away *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **is** | would · perfect | Meantime *not said here* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **hear** | to-infinitive | Meantime *not said here* | Princesses *= princess* | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 11 | **have** | past | Meantime *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **is** | participle | Princesses's voices | | | | | as thunder; loud *property* | tree rules | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/71/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/)