Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 9, sentence 121

Then he was distressed at getting nothing to eat, and he said to his wife at night, "It is owing to my poverty and stupidity that I am treated with such disrespect here; so I will pretend by means of an artifice to possess a knowledge of magic, so that I may become an object of respect to this Sthuladatta; so, when you get an opportunity, tell him that I possess magical knowledge."

Who acts: Harisarman, thought, wife · What happens: distress, get, eat, say, owe, treat · To what, where: Harisarman, nothing, wife, poverty, knowledge, object · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 9. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Harisarman, thought, wife), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 distressed	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 distressed	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 distressed	aux:pass
4	distressed	distress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	SCONJ	_	6 getting	mark
6	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 distressed	advcl
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 getting	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 eat	mark
9	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 nothing	acl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 said	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 said	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 said	nsubj
13	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 distressed	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 wife	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 wife	nmod:poss
16	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 said	obl
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 night	case
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wife	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 owing	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 owing	punct
21	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 owing	nsubj
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 owing	aux
23	owing	owe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 said	advcl
24	to	to	ADP	_	26 poverty	case
25	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 poverty	nmod:poss
26	poverty	poverty	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 owing	obl
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 stupidity	cc
28	stupidity	stupidity	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 poverty	conj
29	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	32 treated	nsubj:pass
30	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	32 treated	nsubj:pass
31	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 treated	aux:pass
32	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 poverty	acl:relcl
33	with	with	ADP	_	35 disrespect	case
34	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 disrespect	amod
35	disrespect	disrespect	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 treated	obl
36	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	35 disrespect	advmod
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 pretend	punct
38	so	so	ADV	_	41 pretend	advmod
39	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	41 pretend	nsubj
40	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	41 pretend	aux
41	pretend	pretend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 distressed	parataxis
42	by	by	ADP	_	43 means	case
43	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	41 pretend	ccomp
44	of	of	ADP	_	46 artifice	case
45	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	46 artifice	det
46	artifice	artifice	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 means	obl
47	to	to	PART	_	48 possess	mark
48	possess	possess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 artifice	acl
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 knowledge	det
50	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 possess	obj
51	of	of	ADP	_	52 magic	case
52	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 knowledge	nmod
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 become	punct
54	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	58 become	mark
55	that	that	SCONJ	_	54 so	fixed
56	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	58 become	nsubj
57	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 become	aux
58	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 pretend	conj
59	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	60 object	det
60	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 become	xcomp
61	of	of	ADP	_	62 respect	case
62	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 object	nmod
63	to	to	ADP	_	65 Sthuladatta	case
64	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	65 Sthuladatta	det
65	Sthuladatta	Sthuladatta	PROPN	Number=Sing	62 respect	nmod
66	;	;	PUNCT	_	75 tell	punct
67	so	so	ADV	_	75 tell	advmod
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 get	punct
69	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	71 get	advmod
70	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	71 get	nsubj
71	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	75 tell	advcl
72	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	73 opportunity	det
73	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 get	obj
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 get	punct
75	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 pretend	conj
76	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	75 tell	iobj
77	that	that	SCONJ	_	79 possess	mark
78	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	79 possess	nsubj
79	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	75 tell	ccomp
80	magical	magical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	81 knowledge	amod
81	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 possess	obj
82	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 distressed	punct
83	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 distressed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	distress	past · passive		Harisarman		then		tree rules
2	get	gerund		nothing				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus
3	eat	to-infinitive		nothing not said here				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	say speech: assert	past	Harisarman		Harisarman's wife at night			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to wife=Recipient
5	owe in a quote	present · progressive	thought				to my poverty and stupidity goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to poverty=Goal
6	treat in a quote	present · passive		my poverty and stupidity			with such disrespect	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with disrespect=Theme
7	pretend in a quote	future	Harisarman					tree rules
8	mean in a quote	present	Harisarman not said here				of a artifice	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
9	possess in a quote	to-infinitive	Harisarman not said here	a knowledge of magic				vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot knowledge=Theme
10	become in a quote	may	Harisarman	a object of respect to this Sthuladatta				vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
11	get in a quote	present	Harisarman's wife at night = wife	a opportunity				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer opportunity=Stimulus
12	tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive	Harisarman not said here		Harisarman			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
13	possess in a quote	present	Harisarman	magical knowledge				vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot knowledge=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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