Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4, sentence 15
Some time ago a Raja's son came here, and shortly afterwards came his six brothers, and they were all turned into stones and trees; and these are not the only unfortunate ones, for up in that tower lives a beautiful Princess, whom the Magician has kept prisoner there for twelve years, because she hates him and will not marry him."
Who acts: son, Magician · What happens: come, turn, not be, live, keep, hate · To what, where: six brothers, brothers, stones, only unfortunate ones, beautiful Princess, tower
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (son, Magician), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 time | det |
| 2 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 2 time | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 Raja | det |
| 5 | Raja | Raja | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 son | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Raja | case |
| 7 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | nsubj |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 came | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 came | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 came | cc |
| 12 | shortly | shortly | ADV | _ | 13 afterwards | advmod |
| 13 | afterwards | afterwards | ADV | _ | 14 came | advmod |
| 14 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 came | conj |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 16 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 brothers | nummod |
| 17 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 came | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 turned | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 turned | cc |
| 20 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 turned | nsubj |
| 21 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 turned | aux:pass |
| 22 | all | all | ADV | _ | 23 turned | advmod |
| 23 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 came | advcl |
| 24 | into | into | ADP | _ | 25 stones | case |
| 25 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 turned | obl |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 trees | cc |
| 27 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 stones | conj |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 ones | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 ones | cc |
| 30 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 36 ones | det |
| 31 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 ones | cop |
| 32 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 36 ones | advmod |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 ones | det |
| 34 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 ones | amod |
| 35 | unfortunate | unfortunate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 ones | amod |
| 36 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 came | parataxis |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 lives | punct |
| 38 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 43 lives | mark |
| 39 | up | up | ADV | _ | 43 lives | advmod |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 tower | case |
| 41 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 42 tower | det |
| 42 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 lives | obl |
| 43 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 ones | parataxis |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 Princess | det |
| 45 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 Princess | amod |
| 46 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 lives | obj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 kept | punct |
| 48 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 52 kept | obl |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 Magician | det |
| 50 | Magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 51 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 52 kept | aux |
| 52 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 Princess | acl:relcl |
| 53 | prisoner | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 there | obl:unmarked |
| 54 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 52 kept | advmod |
| 55 | for | for | ADP | _ | 57 years | case |
| 56 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 57 years | nummod |
| 57 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 kept | obl |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 hates | punct |
| 59 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 61 hates | mark |
| 60 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 hates | nsubj |
| 61 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 lives | conj |
| 62 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 hates | obj |
| 63 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 marry | cc |
| 64 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 66 marry | aux |
| 65 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 66 marry | advmod |
| 66 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 61 hates | conj |
| 67 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 66 marry | obj |
| 68 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 36 ones | punct |
| 69 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 36 ones | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | a Raja's son | here | time | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | come | past | a Raja's son not said here | son's six brothers | afterwards property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location brother=Theme | |||
| 3 | turn | past · passive | brothers = brother | stones and trees | all property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into stone=Trajectory | |||
| 4 | not is a | present | this only unfortunate ones | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | live | present | a beautiful Princess | that tower | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme princess=Location | ||||
| 6 | keep | present · perfect · passive | the Magician | there | year | a beautiful Princess obl | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||
| 7 | hate | present | Magician | son | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | not marry | future | Magician not said here | son | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
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.
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