Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4, sentence 24

Now it happened that at Balna's marriage her husband had given her a small gold ring on which her name was engraved, and she had put it on her little son's finger when he was a baby, and afterwards when he was older his aunts had had it enlarged for him, so that he was still able to wear it.

Who acts: it, wife, Prince, aunts, name, Balna · What happens: happen, give, engrave, put, be, have · To what, where: husband, marriage, name, small gold ring, finger, baby

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 (it, wife, Prince, aunts), 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	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 happened	advmod
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 happened	nsubj
3	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 given	mark
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 marriage	case
6	Balna	Balna	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 marriage	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Balna	case
8	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 given	obl
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 husband	nmod:poss
10	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 given	nsubj:pass
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 given	aux
12	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 happened	advcl
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 given	obj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 ring	det
15	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 ring	amod
16	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ring	compound
17	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 given	obj
18	on	on	ADP	_	19 which	case
19	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 engraved	obl
20	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 name	nmod:poss
21	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 engraved	nsubj:pass
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 engraved	aux:pass
23	engraved	engrave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 ring	acl:relcl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 put	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 put	cc
26	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 put	nsubj
27	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 put	aux
28	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 happened	conj
29	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 put	obj
30	on	on	ADP	_	35 finger	case
31	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 son	nmod:poss
32	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 son	amod
33	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 finger	nmod:poss
34	's	's	PART	_	33 son	case
35	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 put	obl
36	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	40 baby	advmod
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 baby	nsubj
38	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 baby	cop
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 baby	det
40	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 put	advcl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 had	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 had	cc
43	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	47 older	advmod
44	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	47 older	advmod
45	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 older	nsubj
46	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 older	cop
47	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	51 had	advcl
48	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 aunts	nmod:poss
49	aunts	aunt	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 had	nsubj
50	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 had	aux
51	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	53 enlarged	advcl
52	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 enlarged	nsubj
53	enlarged	enlarge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happened	parataxis
54	for	for	ADP	_	55 him	case
55	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 enlarged	obl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 able	punct
57	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	62 able	mark
58	that	that	SCONJ	_	57 so	fixed
59	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 able	nsubj
60	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 able	cop
61	still	still	ADV	_	62 able	advmod
62	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 enlarged	advcl
63	to	to	PART	_	64 wear	mark
64	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 able	xcomp
65	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 wear	obj
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 happened	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past	it			now		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	give	past · perfect · passive		wife's husband	Balna's marriage			tree rules
3	engrave	past · passive		wife's name	a small gold ring			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme on which=Destination
4	put	past · perfect	wife	name	wife's little son's finger			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on finger=Destination
5	is a	past	Prince	a baby				tree rules
6	is	past	Prince				afterwards, old property	tree rules
7	have	past · perfect	Prince's aunts					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	enlarge	past	name				for Prince	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
9	is	past	Prince			still	able property	tree rules
10	wear	to-infinitive	Prince not said here	name				vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
11	marry		Balna					nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent
12	name		wife					nom name «communication 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: «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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