Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 9, sentence 125
When Sthuladatta heard that, he called Harisarman, who said, "Yesterday I was forgotten, but to-day, now the horse is stolen, I am called to mind," and Sthuladatta then propitiated the Brahman with these words--"I forgot you, forgive me"--and asked him to tell him who had taken away their horse.
Who acts: Sthuladatta, Harisarman, I · What happens: hear, call, say, forget, steal, mind · To what, where: Yesterday, horse, Harisarman, Brahman, Sthuladatta, me · 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 (Sthuladatta, Harisarman, I), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 heard | advmod |
| 2 | Sthuladatta | Sthuladatta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 heard | nsubj |
| 3 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 called | advcl |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 3 heard | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 heard | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 called | nsubj |
| 7 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | Harisarman | Harisarman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 called | xcomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 said | nsubj |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 Harisarman | advcl:relcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 forgotten | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 forgotten | punct |
| 14 | Yesterday | yesterday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 forgotten | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 forgotten | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 forgotten | aux:pass |
| 17 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 said | ccomp |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 stolen | punct |
| 19 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 stolen | cc |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 day | case |
| 21 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 to | punct |
| 22 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 stolen | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 day | punct |
| 24 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 28 stolen | advmod |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 horse | det |
| 26 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 stolen | nsubj:pass |
| 27 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 stolen | aux:pass |
| 28 | stolen | steal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 forgotten | advcl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 called | punct |
| 30 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 called | nsubj |
| 31 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 called | aux:pass |
| 32 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 forgotten | parataxis |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 34 mind | mark |
| 34 | mind | mind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 called | xcomp |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 mind | punct |
| 36 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 mind | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 propitiated | cc |
| 38 | Sthuladatta | Sthuladatta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 propitiated | nsubj |
| 39 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 40 propitiated | advmod |
| 40 | propitiated | propitiate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 called | conj |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Brahman | det |
| 42 | Brahman | brahman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 propitiated | obj |
| 43 | with | with | ADP | _ | 45 words | case |
| 44 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 45 words | det |
| 45 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 Brahman | nmod |
| 46 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 49 forgot | punct |
| 47 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 49 forgot | punct |
| 48 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 49 forgot | nsubj |
| 49 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 propitiated | conj |
| 50 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 49 forgot | obj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 forgive | punct |
| 52 | forgive | forgive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 forgot | xcomp |
| 53 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 52 forgive | obj |
| 54 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 52 forgive | punct |
| 55 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 57 asked | punct |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 asked | cc |
| 57 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 forgot | conj |
| 58 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 asked | iobj |
| 59 | to | to | PART | _ | 60 tell | mark |
| 60 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 57 asked | xcomp |
| 61 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 tell | iobj |
| 62 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 64 taken | nsubj |
| 63 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 64 taken | aux |
| 64 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 60 tell | ccomp |
| 65 | away | away | ADV | _ | 64 taken | advmod |
| 66 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 67 horse | nmod:poss |
| 67 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 taken | obj |
| 68 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | Sthuladatta | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | call | past | Sthuladatta | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | Harisarman | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | forget in a quote | past · passive | Yesterday | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | steal in a quote | present · passive | the horse | now; day | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 6 | call in a quote | present · passive | Harisarman | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | mind in a quote | to-infinitive | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 8 | propitiate | past | Sthuladatta | the Brahman | then | with this words | tree rules | ||
| 9 | forget in a quote | past | I | Sthuladatta | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | not forgive in a quote | infinitive | I not said here | me | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ||||
| 11 | ask speech: ask | past | I not said here | Sthuladatta | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 12 | tell speech: assert not said to happen | to-infinitive | I not said here | Sthuladatta | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 13 | take away | past · perfect | words's horse | away property | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=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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