Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4, sentence 31
Now Balna's son was a bright, clever boy, so he said, "Do not fear, dear mother; the first thing to do is to discover how far the Magician's power extends, in order that we may be able to liberate my father and uncles, whom he has imprisoned in the form of rocks and trees.
Who acts: son, first thing, power, we · What happens: be, say, not fear, do, extend, liberate · To what, where: bright clever boy, dear mother, order, father, form, rocks · 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 (son, first thing, power, we), 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 | 4 son | advmod |
| 2 | Balna | Balna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 son | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Balna | case |
| 4 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 boy | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 boy | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 boy | det |
| 7 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 boy | amod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 bright | punct |
| 9 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 boy | amod |
| 10 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 said | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 said | advmod |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 said | nsubj |
| 14 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 boy | acl:relcl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 fear | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 fear | punct |
| 17 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 19 fear | aux |
| 18 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 fear | advmod |
| 19 | fear | fear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 said | ccomp |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 mother | punct |
| 21 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 mother | amod |
| 22 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 fear | obj |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 discover | punct |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 thing | det |
| 25 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 26 thing | amod |
| 26 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 discover | nsubj |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 do | mark |
| 28 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 thing | acl |
| 29 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 discover | cop |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 discover | mark |
| 31 | discover | discover | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 boy | acl:relcl |
| 32 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 33 far | advmod |
| 33 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 38 extends | advmod |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Magician | det |
| 35 | Magician | Magician | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 power | nmod:poss |
| 36 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 35 Magician | case |
| 37 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 extends | nsubj |
| 38 | extends | extend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 discover | advcl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 order | punct |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 order | case |
| 41 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 extends | obl |
| 42 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 46 able | mark |
| 43 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 46 able | nsubj |
| 44 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 able | aux |
| 45 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 46 able | cop |
| 46 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 order | acl |
| 47 | to | to | PART | _ | 48 liberate | mark |
| 48 | liberate | liberate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 able | xcomp |
| 49 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 father | nmod:poss |
| 50 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 liberate | obj |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 uncles | cc |
| 52 | uncles | uncle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 father | conj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 imprisoned | punct |
| 54 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 57 imprisoned | nsubj:pass |
| 55 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 imprisoned | nsubj |
| 56 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 57 imprisoned | aux |
| 57 | imprisoned | imprison | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 father | acl |
| 58 | in | in | ADP | _ | 60 form | case |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 form | det |
| 60 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 imprisoned | obl |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 62 rocks | case |
| 62 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 form | nmod |
| 63 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 trees | cc |
| 64 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 62 rocks | conj |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 boy | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Balna's son | a bright clever boy | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | son | a bright clever boy not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not fear in a quote | infinitive · do-support | dear mother | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mother=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | do in a quote | to-infinitive | the first thing not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | is in a quote | present | the first thing | discover property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | extend in a quote | present | the Magician's power | order | far property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in order=Location | |||
| 7 | is in a quote | may | we | order not said here | able property | tree rules | |||
| 8 | liberate in a quote | to-infinitive | we not said here | my father and uncles | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme | ||||
| 9 | imprison in a quote | present · perfect · passive | my father and uncles | the form of rocks and trees | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in form=Destination | ||||
| 10 | form in a quote | rocks and trees | nom form «communication transitive»: of=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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