Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4, sentence 26

This was not to be done without difficulty, as such a strict watch was kept over the poor Princess (for fear of her ever establishing communication with her friends), that though the supposed Malee's daughter was permitted to take her flowers every day, the Magician or one of his slaves was always in the room at the time.

Who acts: one, wife · What happens: not do, keep, establish, suppose, permit, take · To what, where: This, strict watch, daughter, flowers, room, establishing communication

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 (one, wife), 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	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 done	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 done	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 done	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	6 done	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 done	aux:pass
6	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 difficulty	case
8	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 done	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 kept	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 kept	mark
11	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	14 watch	det:predet
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 watch	det
13	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 watch	amod
14	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 kept	nsubj:pass
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 kept	aux:pass
16	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 done	parataxis
17	over	over	ADP	_	20 Princess	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Princess	det
19	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 Princess	amod
20	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 kept	obl
21	(	(	PUNCT	_	23 fear	punct
22	for	for	ADP	_	23 fear	case
23	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 Princess	appos
24	of	of	ADP	_	28 communication	case
25	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 communication	nmod:poss
26	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	27 establishing	advmod
27	establishing	establish	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	28 communication	amod
28	communication	communication	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 fear	nmod
29	with	with	ADP	_	31 friends	case
30	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 friends	nmod:poss
31	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 communication	nmod
32	)	)	PUNCT	_	23 fear	punct
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 permitted	punct
34	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	42 permitted	obj
35	though	though	SCONJ	_	42 permitted	mark
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 Malee	det
37	supposed	suppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	38 Malee	amod
38	Malee	Malee	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 daughter	nmod:poss
39	's	's	PART	_	38 Malee	case
40	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 permitted	nsubj
41	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 permitted	aux:pass
42	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 Princess	acl:relcl
43	to	to	PART	_	44 take	mark
44	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 permitted	xcomp
45	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 flowers	nmod:poss
46	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 take	obj
47	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	48 day	det
48	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 take	obl:unmarked
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 Magician	punct
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 Magician	det
51	Magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 day	appos
52	or	or	CCONJ	_	53 one	cc
53	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	61 room	nsubj
54	of	of	ADP	_	56 slaves	case
55	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 slaves	nmod:poss
56	slaves	slave	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 one	nmod
57	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 room	cop
58	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	61 room	advmod
59	in	in	ADP	_	61 room	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 room	det
61	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 Magician	conj
62	at	at	ADP	_	64 time	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 time	det
64	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 room	nmod
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 done	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do	past · passive		This			without difficulty	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	keep	past · passive		such strict watch			over the poor Princess	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme over princess=Location
3	establish	gerund				ever		vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	suppose	participle						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
5	permit	past · passive		the supposed Malee's daughter				tree rules
6	take not said to happen	to-infinitive		wife's flowers		day		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Theme
7	is	past	one of Prince's slaves		the room	time	always property	tree rules
8	fear			wife's establishing communication with wife's friends				nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient
9	communicate		wife				with wife's friends	nom communication «communication intransitive»: poss=agent with=obl

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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