--- title: The Nagar was at first delighted at his son’s escape; then he began… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: The Nagar was at first delighted at his son’s escape; then he began to reflect that his son must always feign insanity or the king would learn that he had been tricked and would certainly cut Vidhya’s head off. Who acts: Nagar, king, son. 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 (Nagar, king, son), 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:pg76982:17:92 # text = The Nagar was at first delighted at his son’s escape; then he began to reflect that his son must always feign insanity or the king would learn that he had been tricked and would certainly cut Vidhya’s head off. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Nagar Nagar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 obl _ _ 6 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 escape escape NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 reflect reflect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 23 advmod _ _ 23 feign feign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 24 insanity insanity NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 or or CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 tricked trick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 39 Vidhya Vidhya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’s 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 off off ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Nagar | | | king's son's escape | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **begin** | past | king | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **reflect** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **feign** | must | king's son | insanity | | | | always *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insanity=Patient | | 5 | **learn** | would | the king | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **trick** | past · perfect · passive | | king | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **cut off** | would | | Vidhya's head | | | | certainly *property* | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | | 8 | **escape** | | king's son | | | | | | nom escape «act intransitive»: 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. 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