Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4, sentence 29
On recognising it, she at once believed the story her son told her of his long search, and begged him to advise her as to what she had better do; at the same time entreating him on no account to endanger his life by trying to rescue her.
Who acts: daughter, story, same time, son · What happens: recognise, believe, tell, beg, advise, have · To what, where: ring, daughter, son, better do, account, life · 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 (daughter, story, same time, son), 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 | On | on | SCONJ | _ | 2 recognising | mark |
| 2 | recognising | recognise | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 believed | advcl |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 recognising | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 recognising | punct |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 believed | nsubj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 once | case |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 8 believed | obl |
| 8 | believed | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 story | det |
| 10 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 told | nsubj |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 son | nmod:poss |
| 12 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 told | nsubj |
| 13 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 believed | parataxis |
| 14 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 told | iobj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 search | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 search | nmod:poss |
| 17 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 search | amod |
| 18 | search | search | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 told | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 begged | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 begged | cc |
| 21 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 believed | conj |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 begged | obj |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 advise | mark |
| 24 | advise | advise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 begged | xcomp |
| 25 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 advise | obj |
| 26 | as | as | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 28 what | case |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 as | fixed |
| 28 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 advise | obl |
| 29 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 had | nsubj |
| 30 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 what | acl:relcl |
| 31 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 32 do | amod |
| 32 | do | do | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 had | obj |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 time | punct |
| 34 | at | at | ADP | _ | 37 time | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 time | det |
| 36 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 time | amod |
| 37 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 begged | obl |
| 38 | entreating | entreat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 37 time | acl |
| 39 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 entreating | obj |
| 40 | on | on | ADP | _ | 42 account | case |
| 41 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 42 account | det |
| 42 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 entreating | obl |
| 43 | to | to | PART | _ | 44 endanger | mark |
| 44 | endanger | endanger | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 entreating | advcl |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 life | nmod:poss |
| 46 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 endanger | obj |
| 47 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 48 trying | mark |
| 48 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 44 endanger | advcl |
| 49 | to | to | PART | _ | 50 rescue | mark |
| 50 | rescue | rescue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 48 trying | xcomp |
| 51 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 rescue | obj |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 believed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | recognise | gerund | daughter not said here | ring | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | believe | past | daughter | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | past | the story | daughter | of son's long search | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | |||
| 4 | beg speech: request | past | daughter not said here | son | time | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 5 | advise speech: other not said to happen | to-infinitive | daughter not said here | daughter | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | have | past | story | better do | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent do=Patient | ||||
| 7 | entreat | gerund | the same time not said here | son | no account | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | |||
| 8 | endanger | to-infinitive | the same time not said here | son's life | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | try | gerund | the same time not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 10 | rescue not said to happen | to-infinitive | the same time not said here | daughter | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 11 | search | son | nom search «act 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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