Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 7, sentence 65
But Majnun asked her for such a long time, and so earnestly to bring the wicked Raja to life, that at least she said, "Jump up on the horse, then, and go far away with the groom."
Who acts: Majnun, Laili · What happens: ask, bring, say, jump up, go · To what, where: Laili, wicked Raja, life, least · 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 (Majnun, Laili), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 3 asked | cc |
| 2 | Majnun | Majnun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | nsubj |
| 3 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 asked | iobj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 time | case |
| 6 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 time | det:predet |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 time | det |
| 8 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 time | amod |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 bring | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 bring | cc |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 earnestly | advmod |
| 13 | earnestly | earnestly | ADV | _ | 15 bring | advmod |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 bring | mark |
| 15 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 asked | ccomp |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Raja | det |
| 17 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 Raja | amod |
| 18 | Raja | raja | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 bring | obj |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 life | case |
| 20 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 bring | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 that | punct |
| 22 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 bring | obl |
| 23 | at | at | ADP | _ | 24 least | case |
| 24 | least | least | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 26 said | obl |
| 25 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 said | nsubj |
| 26 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 bring | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 Jump | punct |
| 28 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 Jump | punct |
| 29 | Jump | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 said | ccomp |
| 30 | up | up | ADV | _ | 29 Jump | advmod |
| 31 | on | on | ADP | _ | 33 horse | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 horse | det |
| 33 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 Jump | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 then | punct |
| 35 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 29 Jump | advmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 go | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 go | cc |
| 38 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 asked | parataxis |
| 39 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 40 away | advmod |
| 40 | away | away | ADV | _ | 38 go | advmod |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 43 groom | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 groom | det |
| 43 | groom | groom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 go | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 asked | punct |
| 45 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 asked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | Majnun | Laili | time | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | bring not said to happen | to-infinitive | the wicked Raja | life | that obl; earnestly property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent raja=Theme to life=Destination | |||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | Laili | least | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | jump up in a quote | infinitive | then | on the horse | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on horse=Trajectory | ||||
| 5 | go in a quote | present | with the groom; away property | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with groom=Beneficiary |
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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