Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4, sentence 18

So he told his story to the Malee's wife, and begged her to help him to remain in that place awhile and inquire further concerning the unhappy people she mentioned; and she promised to befriend him, and advised his disguising himself lest the Magician should see him, and turn him likewise into stone.

Who acts: Prince, wife, Magician · What happens: tell, beg, help, remain, inquire, concern · To what, where: story, wife, Prince, place, unhappy people, disguising · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Prince, wife, 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	So	so	ADV	_	3 told	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 story	nmod:poss
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 wife	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Malee	det
8	Malee	Malee	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 wife	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Malee	case
10	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 begged	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 begged	cc
13	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	conj
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 begged	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 help	mark
16	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 begged	advcl
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 help	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 remain	mark
19	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 help	xcomp
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 place	case
21	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	22 place	det
22	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 remain	obl
23	awhile	awhile	ADV	_	19 remain	advmod
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 inquire	cc
25	inquire	inquire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 remain	conj
26	further	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	25 inquire	advmod
27	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	25 inquire	advcl
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 people	det
29	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 people	amod
30	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 concerning	obj
31	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 mentioned	nsubj
32	mentioned	mention	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 people	acl:relcl
33	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 promised	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 promised	cc
35	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 promised	nsubj
36	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	conj
37	to	to	PART	_	38 befriend	mark
38	befriend	befriend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 promised	xcomp
39	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 befriend	obj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 advised	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 advised	cc
42	advised	advise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	conj
43	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 disguising	nmod:poss
44	disguising	disguising	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 advised	obj
45	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	42 advised	obl
46	lest	lest	SCONJ	_	50 see	mark
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 Magician	det
48	Magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 see	nsubj
49	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	50 see	aux
50	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 advised	advcl
51	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 see	obj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 turn	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 turn	cc
54	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 see	conj
55	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 turn	obj
56	likewise	likewise	ADV	_	54 turn	advmod
57	into	into	ADP	_	58 stone	case
58	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 turn	obl
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 told	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	Prince	Prince's story	the Malee's wife			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Topic to wife=Recipient
2	beg speech: request	past	Prince not said here		wife			vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
3	help	to-infinitive	Prince not said here	Prince				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
4	remain	to-infinitive	Prince not said here			that place	awhile property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location
5	inquire speech: other	infinitive	Prince not said here				far property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	concern	gerund	Prince not said here	the unhappy people				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer
7	mention speech: other	past	wife	the unhappy people not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent people=Topic
8	promise speech: promise	past	wife					vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
9	befriend not said to happen	to-infinitive	wife not said here	Prince				tree rules
10	advise speech: other	past	Prince not said here	Prince's disguising			Prince obl	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent disguising=Recipient
11	see	should	the Magician	Prince				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
12	turn	infinitive	the Magician not said here	Prince		stone	likewise property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme into stone=Trajectory

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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