Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 7, sentence 80
But he would not allow any but their servants to enter their gardens and palace, and he would not allow Majnun to go out of them, nor Laili; "for," said King Dantal, "Laili is so beautiful, that perhaps some one may kill my son to take her away."
Who acts: medicine, Laili, Majnun, King, that · What happens: not allow, enter, go out, say, be, kill · To what, where: Laili, servants, gardens, Majnun, rupees, son · 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 (medicine, Laili, Majnun, King), 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 | _ | 5 allow | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 allow | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 allow | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 allow | advmod |
| 5 | allow | allow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 servants | det |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 servants | cc |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 servants | nmod:poss |
| 9 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 allow | iobj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 enter | mark |
| 11 | enter | enter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 allow | xcomp |
| 12 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 gardens | nmod:poss |
| 13 | gardens | garden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 enter | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 palace | cc |
| 15 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 gardens | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 allow | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 allow | cc |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 allow | nsubj |
| 19 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 allow | aux |
| 20 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 allow | advmod |
| 21 | allow | allow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 allow | parataxis |
| 22 | Majnun | Majnun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 allow | obj |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 go | mark |
| 24 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 allow | xcomp |
| 25 | out | out | ADP | _ | 27 them | case |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 them | case |
| 27 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 go | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 Laili | punct |
| 29 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 30 Laili | cc |
| 30 | Laili | Laili | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 allow | obl |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 said | punct |
| 32 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 33 for | punct |
| 33 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 36 said | mark |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 for | punct |
| 35 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 33 for | punct |
| 36 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 allow | parataxis |
| 37 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 said | nsubj |
| 38 | Dantal | Dantal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 King | flat |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 beautiful | punct |
| 40 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 44 beautiful | punct |
| 41 | Laili | Laili | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 beautiful | nsubj |
| 42 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 beautiful | cop |
| 43 | so | so | ADV | _ | 44 beautiful | advmod |
| 44 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 said | ccomp |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 kill | punct |
| 46 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 51 kill | nsubj |
| 47 | perhaps | perhaps | ADV | _ | 51 kill | advmod |
| 48 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 49 one | det |
| 49 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 kill | nsubj |
| 50 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 51 kill | aux |
| 51 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 beautiful | conj |
| 52 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 son | nmod:poss |
| 53 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 kill | obj |
| 54 | to | to | PART | _ | 55 take | mark |
| 55 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 51 kill | advcl |
| 56 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 take | obj |
| 57 | away | away | ADV | _ | 55 take | advmod |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 allow | punct |
| 59 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 allow | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | would | medicine | Laili | rupees's servants | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer servant=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | enter not said to happen | to-infinitive | Laili not said here | rupees's gardens and palace | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme garden=Destination | ||||
| 3 | not allow | would | medicine | Majnun | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer majnun=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | go out not said to happen | to-infinitive | Majnun not said here | rupees = rupee | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | King | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | is in a quote | present | Laili | beautiful property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | kill in a quote | may | that | my son | perhaps property | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme | |||
| 8 | take away in a quote | to-infinitive | that not said here | Laili | away property | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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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