--- title: On his earlier visit the minister had learnt that the princess was v… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: On his earlier visit the minister had learnt that the princess was very fond of toys; so he had brought for her a number of toys, in the making of which the people of his country were very skilled. Who acts: minister, princess, people. A sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. 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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 (minister, princess, people), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg76982:11:30 # text = On his earlier visit the minister had learnt that the princess was very fond of toys; so he had brought for her a number of toys, in the making of which the people of his country were very skilled. 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 earlier early ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 learnt learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 very very ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 toys toy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 toys toy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 making making NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 very very ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 skilled skilled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | past · perfect | the minister | | | minister's earlier visit | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the princess | | | | | of toys; fond *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** | past · perfect | minister | a number of toys | | the making | | for princess | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent number=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | the people of minister's country | | | | | of the making; skilled *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **visit** | | minister | | | | | | nom visit «act transitive»: 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:** «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Project Gutenberg book 76982 (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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/11/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/11/31/) - ↑ back to [The Eighth Key.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76982/11/)