Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 9, sentence 124
Then, while Sthuladatta was distressed at the evil omen, and searching for the thieves who had carried off the horse, the wife of Harisarman came and said to him, "My husband is a wise man, skilled in astrology and magical sciences; he can get the horse back for you; why do you not ask him?"
Who acts: wife, husband, Harisarman · What happens: distress, search, carry off, come, say, be · To what, where: Sthuladatta, evil omen, horse, Harisarman, wise man, astrology · 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 (wife, husband, Harisarman), 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 | 6 distressed | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Then | punct |
| 3 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 6 distressed | mark |
| 4 | Sthuladatta | Sthuladatta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 distressed | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 distressed | aux:pass |
| 6 | distressed | distress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 omen | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 omen | det |
| 9 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 omen | amod |
| 10 | omen | omen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 distressed | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 carried | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 carried | cc |
| 13 | searching | search | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 carried | csubj:pass |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 thieves | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 thieves | det |
| 16 | thieves | thief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 searching | obl |
| 17 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 carried | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 carried | aux |
| 19 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 distressed | parataxis |
| 20 | off | off | ADP | _ | 22 horse | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 horse | det |
| 22 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 carried | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 came | punct |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 wife | det |
| 25 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 came | nsubj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 Harisarman | case |
| 27 | Harisarman | Harisarman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 wife | nmod |
| 28 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 carried | parataxis |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 said | cc |
| 30 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 came | conj |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 him | case |
| 32 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 said | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 man | punct |
| 34 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 40 man | punct |
| 35 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 husband | nmod:poss |
| 36 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 man | nsubj |
| 37 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 man | cop |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 man | det |
| 39 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 man | amod |
| 40 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 said | ccomp |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 skilled | punct |
| 42 | skilled | skill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 man | acl |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 astrology | case |
| 44 | astrology | astrology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 skilled | obl |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 sciences | cc |
| 46 | magical | magical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 sciences | amod |
| 47 | sciences | science | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 astrology | conj |
| 48 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 51 get | punct |
| 49 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 get | nsubj |
| 50 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 51 get | aux |
| 51 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 distressed | parataxis |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 horse | det |
| 53 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 get | obj |
| 54 | back | back | ADV | _ | 51 get | advmod |
| 55 | for | for | ADP | _ | 56 you | case |
| 56 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 51 get | obl |
| 57 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 62 ask | punct |
| 58 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 62 ask | advmod |
| 59 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 62 ask | aux |
| 60 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 62 ask | nsubj |
| 61 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 62 ask | advmod |
| 62 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 51 get | parataxis |
| 63 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 ask | obj |
| 64 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 62 ask | punct |
| 65 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 51 get | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | distress | past · passive | Sthuladatta | the evil omen | then | tree rules | |||
| 2 | search | gerund | for the thieves | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for thief=Theme | |||||
| 3 | carry off | past · perfect · passive | the horse | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary horse=Value | |||||
| 4 | come | past | the wife of Harisarman | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | say speech: ask | past | the wife of Harisarman not said here | Harisarman | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | is a in a quote | present | My husband | a wise man | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | skill in a quote | participle | a wise man not said here | astrology and magical sciences | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | get back in a quote | can | Harisarman | the horse | for Harisarman | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent horse=Theme for you=Beneficiary | |||
| 9 | not ask speech: ask in a quote | present · do-support | Harisarman | Harisarman | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
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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