Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4, sentence 53
The Prince seeing the danger of the young birds, drew his sword, and killed the serpent; at the same moment a rushing sound was heard in the air, and the two old eagles, who had been out hunting for food for their young ones, returned.
Who acts: Prince, two old eagles · What happens: see, draw, kill, rush, hear, hunt · To what, where: danger, sword, serpent, rushing sound, air
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, two old eagles), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Prince | det |
| 2 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 drew | nsubj |
| 3 | seeing | see | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 Prince | acl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 danger | det |
| 5 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 seeing | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 birds | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 birds | det |
| 8 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 birds | amod |
| 9 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 danger | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Prince | punct |
| 11 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 sword | nmod:poss |
| 13 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 drew | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 killed | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 killed | cc |
| 16 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 drew | conj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 serpent | det |
| 18 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 killed | obj |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 heard | punct |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 23 moment | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 moment | det |
| 22 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 moment | amod |
| 23 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 heard | obl |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 sound | det |
| 25 | rushing | rush | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 26 sound | amod |
| 26 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 heard | nsubj:pass |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 heard | aux:pass |
| 28 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 drew | conj |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 air | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 air | det |
| 31 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 heard | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 eagles | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 eagles | cc |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 eagles | det |
| 35 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 37 eagles | nummod |
| 36 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 eagles | amod |
| 37 | eagles | eagle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 heard | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 hunting | punct |
| 39 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 43 hunting | nsubj |
| 40 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 hunting | aux |
| 41 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 43 hunting | aux |
| 42 | out | out | ADP | _ | 41 been | compound:prt |
| 43 | hunting | hunt | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 37 eagles | acl |
| 44 | for | for | ADP | _ | 45 food | case |
| 45 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 hunting | obl |
| 46 | for | for | ADP | _ | 49 ones | case |
| 47 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 ones | nmod:poss |
| 48 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 ones | amod |
| 49 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 hunting | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 returned | punct |
| 51 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 heard | conj |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 drew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | gerund | the Prince not said here | the danger of the young birds | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer danger=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | draw | past | the Prince | meantime's sword | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | ||||
| 3 | kill | past | the Prince not said here | the serpent | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent serpent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | rush | gerund | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 5 | hear | past · passive | a rushing sound | the air | moment | the two old eagles obl | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | ||
| 6 | hunt | past · perfect · progressive | the two old eagles | for food; for birds's young ones | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for food=Theme | ||||
| 7 | return | past | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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