Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 8, sentence 111

Only a moment passed, and the tiger-king came running before him carrying a large crown in his mouth, the glitter of the diamonds of which for a time outshone even the bright rays of the sun. He dropped the crown at his life-giver's feet, and, putting aside all his pride, humbled himself like a pet cat to the strokes of his protector, and began in the following words: "My life-giver!

Who acts: tiger king, king · What happens: pass, come, run, carry, outshine, drop · To what, where: glitter, large crown, mouth, crown, feet, pride

This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tiger king, 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	Only	only	ADV	_	3 moment	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 moment	det
3	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passed	obl
4	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 came	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 came	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
8	tiger	tiger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 king	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 tiger	punct
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 came	nsubj
11	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 passed	parataxis
12	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 came	advcl
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	15 carrying	mark
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 carrying	nsubj
15	carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 running	ccomp
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 crown	det
17	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 crown	amod
18	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 carrying	obj
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 mouth	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 mouth	nmod:poss
21	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 carrying	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 glitter	punct
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 glitter	det
24	glitter	glitter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 came	obl
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 diamonds	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 diamonds	det
27	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 glitter	nmod
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 which	case
29	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	42 dropped	obl
30	for	for	ADP	_	32 time	case
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 time	det
32	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 dropped	obl
33	outshone	outshine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 rays	amod
34	even	even	ADV	_	37 rays	advmod
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 rays	det
36	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 rays	amod
37	rays	ray	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 time	appos
38	of	of	ADP	_	40 sun.	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 sun.	det
40	sun.	sun.	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 rays	nmod
41	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 dropped	nsubj
42	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 diamonds	acl:relcl
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 crown	det
44	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 dropped	obj
45	at	at	ADP	_	51 feet	case
46	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 giver	nmod:poss
47	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 giver	compound
48	-	-	PUNCT	_	47 life	punct
49	giver	giver	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 feet	nmod:poss
50	's	's	PART	_	49 giver	case
51	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 dropped	obl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 putting	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 putting	cc
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 putting	punct
55	putting	put	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	42 dropped	advcl
56	aside	aside	ADV	_	55 putting	advmod
57	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	59 pride	det:predet
58	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 pride	nmod:poss
59	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 putting	obj
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 humbled	punct
61	humbled	humble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 dropped	conj
62	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	61 humbled	obj
63	like	like	ADP	_	66 cat	case
64	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	66 cat	det
65	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 cat	compound
66	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 humbled	obl
67	to	to	ADP	_	69 strokes	case
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 strokes	det
69	strokes	stroke	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 humbled	obl
70	of	of	ADP	_	72 protector	case
71	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	72 protector	nmod:poss
72	protector	protector	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 strokes	nmod
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 began	punct
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 began	cc
75	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 came	conj
76	in	in	ADP	_	79 words	case
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 words	det
78	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	79 words	amod
79	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	75 began	obl
80	:	:	PUNCT	_	85 giver	punct
81	"	"	PUNCT	_	85 giver	punct
82	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	85 giver	nmod:poss
83	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 giver	compound
84	-	-	PUNCT	_	83 life	punct
85	giver	giver	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 began	obl
86	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 passed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	participle				moment		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come	past	the tiger king	the glitter of the diamonds				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	run	gerund	the tiger king not said here					tree rules
4	carry	gerund	king	a large crown	king's mouth			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent crown=Value in mouth=Location
5	outshine	participle						vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
6	drop	past	king	the crown	king's life giver's feet	time	of the diamonds	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent crown=Theme of which=Destination at foot=Initial_Location
7	put	gerund	king not said here	king's pride			aside property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent pride=Goal
8	humble	past	king not said here	king			like a pet cat; to the strokes of king's protector	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer
9	begin	past	the tiger king not said here	My life giver	the following words			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
10	follow	gerund						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	ray			the sun.				nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient
12	pride		king					nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
13	stroke			king's protector				nom stroke «act transitive»: of=patient

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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