--- title: They had thus lived very happily for some time, when one fine day th… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They had thus lived very happily for some time, when one fine day the seventh Prince (Balna's husband) said he would go out hunting, and away he went; and they waited long for him, but he never came back. Who acts: sons, seventh Prince, Prince. 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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 (sons, seventh Prince, Prince), 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:pg7128:9:86 # text = They had thus lived very happily for some time, when one fine day the seventh Prince (Balna's husband) said he would go out hunting, and away he went; and they waited long for him, but he never came back. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 thus thus ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 lived live VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 happily happily ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 13 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 18 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Balna Balna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 's 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 21 punct _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 27 out out ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 hunting hunt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 away away ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 38 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 46 back back ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past · perfect | sons *= son* | | | | time | happily, thus *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the seventh Prince | | | | day | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go out** | would | Prince | | | | | out *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **hunt** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **go** | past | Prince | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **wait** | past | sons *= son* | | | | | for Prince; long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **come back** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/87/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/)