--- title: If someone were to hide himself in the bridal chamber until the pois… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: If someone were to hide himself in the bridal chamber until the poison fell and kissed the princess’ cheek, the king would be saved; nor would his saviour die either if he drank at once a large glass of milk. Who acts: someone, poison, saviour, king. 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A. Kincaid, The Eighth Key.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (someone, poison, saviour, king), 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:pg76982:11:79 # text = If someone were to hide himself in the bridal chamber until the poison fell and kissed the princess’ cheek, the king would be saved; nor would his saviour die either if he drank at once a large glass of milk. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 bridal bridal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 until until SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 20 cheek cheek NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 32 cc _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 saviour saviour NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 33 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 32 advmod _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 41 advmod _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past | someone | king | | the bridal chamber | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in chamber=Location | | 2 | **fall** | past | the poison | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **kiss** | past | the poison *not said here* | princess cheek | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheek=Co-Agent | | 4 | **save** | would · passive | | the king | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **die** | would | king's saviour | | | | | either *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **drink** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | king | | | a large glass of milk | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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. 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