Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 9, sentence 130
Now, as days went on, much treasure, both of gold and jewels, had been stolen by a thief from the palace of the king.
Who acts: thief · What happens: go on, steal · To what, where: much treasure, palace
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 (thief), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 went | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Now | punct |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 4 days | case |
| 4 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 went | obl |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADV | _ | 5 went | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 treasure | punct |
| 8 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 treasure | amod |
| 9 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 went | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 gold | punct |
| 11 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 gold | det |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 gold | case |
| 13 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 treasure | appos |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 jewels | cc |
| 15 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 gold | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 stolen | punct |
| 17 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 stolen | aux |
| 18 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 stolen | aux:pass |
| 19 | stolen | steal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 went | conj |
| 20 | by | by | ADP | _ | 22 thief | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 thief | det |
| 22 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 stolen | obl |
| 23 | from | from | ADP | _ | 25 palace | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 palace | det |
| 25 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 stolen | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 king | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 king | det |
| 28 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 palace | nmod |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | past | much treasure | now; day | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | steal | past · perfect · passive | a thief | the palace of the king | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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