--- title: The servants said to him, "You cannot go into the palace--the Raja's… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The servants said to him, "You cannot go into the palace--the Raja's sons have all gone away; we think they must be dead, and their widows cannot be interrupted by your begging." Who acts: servants, husband, sons, we. 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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 (servants, husband, sons, we), 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:pg7128:9:90 # text = The servants said to him, "You cannot go into the palace--the Raja's sons have all gone away; we think they must be dead, and their widows cannot be interrupted by your begging." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Raja Raja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 all all ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 23 away away ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 25 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 30 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 widows widow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 interrupted interrupt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 begging begging NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the servants | | husband | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **go** *in a quote* | can | husband | | | the palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into palace=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **go away** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the Raja's sons | | | | | all, away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | must | sons *= son* | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **interrupt** *in a quote* | can · passive | your begging | sons's widows | | | | | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/91/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/)