Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4, sentence 54

They quickly saw the dead serpent and the young Prince standing over it; and the old mother eagle said to him, "Dear boy, for many years all our young ones have been devoured by that cruel serpent; you have now saved the lives of our children; whenever you are in need, therefore, send to us and we will help you; and as for these little eagles, take them, and let them be your servants."

Who acts: birds, dead serpent, old mother eagle, cruel serpent, Prince, we · What happens: see, stand, say, devour, save, be · To what, where: dead serpent, serpent, Prince, young ones, lives, need · 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 (birds, dead serpent, old mother eagle, cruel serpent), 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	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saw	nsubj
2	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	3 saw	advmod
3	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 serpent	det
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 serpent	amod
6	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saw	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Prince	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Prince	det
9	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Prince	amod
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 serpent	conj
11	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 serpent	acl
12	over	over	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 standing	obl
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 said	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 said	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 eagle	det
17	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 eagle	amod
18	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 eagle	compound
19	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 said	nsubj
20	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saw	parataxis
21	to	to	ADP	_	22 him	case
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 said	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 boy	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	26 boy	punct
25	Dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 boy	amod
26	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 said	ccomp
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 devoured	punct
28	for	for	ADP	_	30 years	case
29	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 years	amod
30	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 devoured	obl
31	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	34 ones	det:predet
32	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 ones	nmod:poss
33	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 ones	amod
34	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 devoured	nsubj:pass
35	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 devoured	aux
36	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	37 devoured	aux:pass
37	devoured	devour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 said	conj
38	by	by	ADP	_	41 serpent	case
39	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	41 serpent	det
40	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 serpent	amod
41	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 devoured	obl
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	46 saved	punct
43	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	46 saved	nsubj
44	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	46 saved	aux
45	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	46 saved	advmod
46	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 saw	conj
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 lives	det
48	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 saved	obj
49	of	of	ADP	_	51 children	case
50	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 children	nmod:poss
51	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 lives	nmod
52	;	;	PUNCT	_	61 send	punct
53	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	61 send	advmod
54	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	57 need	nsubj
55	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	57 need	cop
56	in	in	ADP	_	57 need	case
57	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 send	parataxis
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 need	punct
59	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	61 send	advmod
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 therefore	punct
61	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saw	conj
62	to	to	ADP	_	63 us	case
63	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	61 send	obl
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 help	cc
65	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	67 help	nsubj
66	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	67 help	aux
67	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 send	conj
68	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	67 help	obj
69	;	;	PUNCT	_	77 take	punct
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 take	cc
71	as	as	ADP	_	75 eagles	case
72	for	for	ADP	_	75 eagles	case
73	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	75 eagles	det
74	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 eagles	amod
75	eagles	eagle	NOUN	Number=Plur	77 take	obl
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 eagles	punct
77	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saw	ccomp
78	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 take	obj
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 let	punct
80	and	and	CCONJ	_	81 let	cc
81	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	77 take	conj
82	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 let	obj
83	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	81 let	xcomp
84	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	85 servants	nmod:poss
85	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	83 be	nsubj
86	.	.	PUNCT	_	77 take	punct
87	"	"	PUNCT	_	77 take	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	birds = bird	the dead serpent and the young Prince				quickly property	tree rules
2	stand	gerund	the dead serpent and the young Prince not said here			serpent			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over it=Location
3	say speech: assert	past	the old mother eagle		Prince				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient
4	devour in a quote	present · perfect · passive	that cruel serpent	our young ones			year		vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
5	save in a quote	present · perfect	Prince	the lives of our children			now		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme
6	is in a quote	present	Prince			need			tree rules
7	send in a quote	infinitive	birds = bird not said here		us			therefore, whenever property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to we=Destination
8	help in a quote	future	we		Prince				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary
9	take in a quote	infinitive		birds = bird				as this little eagles	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent they=Theme as eagle=Attribute
10	let in a quote	infinitive		birds = bird					tree rules
11	be in a quote	infinitive	your servants						vn exist-47.1 «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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