Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 7, sentence 101
On this the Brahman turned back sorrowfully, and on the way he met a jackal, who called out, "Why, what's the matter, Mr. Brahman?
Who acts: Brahman, jackal · What happens: turn back, meet, call out, be · To what, where: this, jackal, way, matter · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Brahman, jackal), 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 | ADP | _ | 2 this | case |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 turned | obl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Brahman | det |
| 4 | Brahman | Brahman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | nsubj |
| 5 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 turned | advmod |
| 7 | sorrowfully | sorrowfully | ADV | _ | 5 turned | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 met | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 met | cc |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 way | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 way | det |
| 12 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 met | obl |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 met | nsubj |
| 14 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 turned | conj |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 jackal | det |
| 16 | jackal | jackal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 met | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 called | punct |
| 18 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 called | nsubj |
| 19 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 jackal | acl:relcl |
| 20 | out | out | ADP | _ | 19 called | compound:prt |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 Why | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 Why | punct |
| 23 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 met | parataxis |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 matter | punct |
| 25 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 28 matter | nsubj |
| 26 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 matter | cop |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 matter | det |
| 28 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 Why | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 Brahman | punct |
| 30 | Mr. | Mr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Brahman | nmod:desc |
| 31 | Brahman | Brahman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 matter | appos |
| 32 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 turned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn back | past | the Brahman | this | sorrowfully property | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | meet | past | Brahman | a jackal | the way | tree rules | |||
| 3 | call out speech: ask | past | a jackal | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | present | the matter | tree rules |
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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