--- title: It so happened that this very day the seven young sons of a neighbou… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It so happened that this very day the seven young sons of a neighbouring Raja chanced to be hunting in that same jungle, and as they were returning home, after the day's sport was over, the youngest Prince said to his brothers: "Stop, I think I hear some one crying and calling out. 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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 (It, day, Princesses, sport), 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:pg7128:9:71 # text = It so happened that this very day the seven young sons of a neighbouring Raja chanced to be hunting in that same jungle, and as they were returning home, after the day's sport was over, the youngest Prince said to his brothers: "Stop, I think I hear some one crying and calling out. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 10 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 neighbouring neighbour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 amod _ _ 15 Raja Raja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 16 chanced chance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux _ _ 19 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 22 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 jungle jungle NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 returning return VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 30 home home ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 after after SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 's 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 sport sport NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 over over ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 42 amod _ _ 42 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 48 " " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 ccomp _ _ 55 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 56 det _ _ 56 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 56 acl _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 calling call VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 57 conj _ _ 60 out out ADP RP _ 59 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | It | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **neighbour** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **chance** | past | this day the seven young sons of a neighbouring Raja | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hunt** | to-infinitive · progressive | this day the seven young sons of a neighbouring Raja *not said here* | | | that same jungle | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in jungle=Location | | 5 | **return** | past · progressive | Princesses *= princess* | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | the day's sport | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the youngest Prince | | Prince's brothers | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to brother=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **stop** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 9 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | the youngest Prince *= prince* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 10 | **hear** *in a quote* | present | the youngest Prince *= prince* | some one | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 11 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | gerund | some one *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **call out** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | some one *not said here* | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **sport** | | the day | | | | | | nom sport «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/72/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/)