Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 9, sentence 131
As the thief was not known, the king quickly summoned Harisarman on account of his reputation for knowledge of magic.
Who acts: king, Harisarman · What happens: not know, summon, account, repute · To what, where: thief, Harisarman, account, reputation
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 (king, 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 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 known | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 thief | det |
| 3 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 known | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 known | aux:pass |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 known | advmod |
| 6 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 summoned | advcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 known | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 king | det |
| 9 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 summoned | nsubj |
| 10 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 11 summoned | advmod |
| 11 | summoned | summon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | Harisarman | Harisarman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 summoned | obj |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 account | case |
| 14 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 summoned | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 reputation | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 reputation | nmod:poss |
| 17 | reputation | reputation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 account | nmod |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 knowledge | case |
| 19 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 reputation | nmod |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 magic | case |
| 21 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 knowledge | nmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 summoned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | past · passive | the thief | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | summon | past | the king | Harisarman | account of Harisarman's reputation for knowledge of magic | quickly property | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harisarman=Recipient | ||
| 3 | account | Harisarman's reputation for knowledge of magic | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 4 | repute | Harisarman | for knowledge of magic | nom reputation «state transitive»: poss=agent for=obl |
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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