--- title: But she said, "My husband, I fear, is dead, but my little boy is sti… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But she said, "My husband, I fear, is dead, but my little boy is still quite young; I will stay here and teach him to grow up a clever man, and when he is grown up he shall go out into the world, and try and learn tidings of his father. Who acts: Magician, husband, little boy. 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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 (Magician, husband, little boy), 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:pg7128:9:95 # text = But she said, "My husband, I fear, is dead, but my little boy is still quite young; I will stay here and teach him to grow up a clever man, and when he is grown up he shall go out into the world, and try and learn tidings of his father. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 fear fear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 still still ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 quite quite ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 27 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 teach teach VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 39 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 nsubj _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 47 out out ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 into into ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 try try VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 learn learn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 53 conj _ _ 56 tidings tiding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obj _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Magician | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fear** *in a quote* | present | Magician | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | My husband | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my little boy | | | | still | young *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **stay** *in a quote* | future | Magician | | | here | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **teach** *speech: other* *in a quote* | infinitive | Magician *not said here* | | husband | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **grow up** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Magician *not said here* | a clever man | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **grow up** *in a quote* | present · passive | | boy | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **go out** *in a quote* | shall | | | | the world | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **try** *in a quote* | infinitive | Magician *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **learn** *in a quote* | infinitive | Magician *not said here* | tidings of husband's father | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tiding=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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/96/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/9/)