Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 8, sentence 117
Gangazara looked at the crown, examined it over and over, counted and recounted the gems, and thought within himself that he would become the richest of men by separating the diamonds and gold, and selling them in his own country.
Who acts: Gangazara · What happens: look, examine over, count, recount, think, become · To what, where: crown, gems, diamonds, own country · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Gangazara), 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 | Gangazara | Gangazara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 looked | nsubj |
| 2 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 crown | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 crown | det |
| 5 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 looked | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 examined | punct |
| 7 | examined | examine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 looked | parataxis |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 examined | obj |
| 9 | over | over | ADP | _ | 7 examined | compound:prt |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 counted | cc |
| 11 | over | over | ADV | _ | 13 counted | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 counted | punct |
| 13 | counted | count | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 over | conj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 recounted | cc |
| 15 | recounted | recount | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 examined | conj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 gems | det |
| 17 | gems | gem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 recounted | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 thought | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 thought | cc |
| 20 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 looked | conj |
| 21 | within | within | ADP | _ | 22 himself | case |
| 22 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 20 thought | obl |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 become | mark |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 become | nsubj |
| 25 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 become | aux |
| 26 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 thought | ccomp |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 richest | det |
| 28 | richest | rich | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 26 become | xcomp |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 men | case |
| 30 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 richest | nmod |
| 31 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 32 separating | mark |
| 32 | separating | separate | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 28 richest | advcl |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 diamonds | det |
| 34 | diamonds | diamond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 separating | obj |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 gold | cc |
| 36 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 diamonds | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 selling | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 selling | cc |
| 39 | selling | sell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 looked | advcl |
| 40 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 selling | obj |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 country | case |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 country | nmod:poss |
| 43 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 country | amod |
| 44 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 selling | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 looked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | Gangazara | at the crown | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at crown=Theme | ||||
| 2 | examine over | past | crown | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||||
| 3 | count | participle | over property | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | recount speech: other | past | the gems | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent gem=Topic | |||||
| 5 | think speech: other | past | Gangazara not said here | within Gangazara | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 6 | become | would | Gangazara | rich property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 7 | separate | gerund | Gangazara not said here | the diamonds and gold | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diamond=Patient | ||||
| 8 | sell | gerund | Gangazara not said here | diamonds = diamond | Gangazara's own country | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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