Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 9, sentence 139
When Jihva heard this, she thought, in her terror, that she had been discovered by this wise man, and she managed to get in where he was, and falling at his feet, she said to the supposed wizard: "Brahman, here I am, that Jihva whom you have discovered to be the thief of the treasure, and after I took it I buried it in the earth in a garden behind the palace, under a pomegranate tree.
Who acts: Jihva, wise man · What happens: hear, think, discover, manage, get, fall · To what, where: this, Jihva, feet, supposed wizard, thief, treasure · 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 (Jihva, wise man), 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 | Jihva | Jihva | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 heard | nsubj |
| 3 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 thought | advcl |
| 4 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 heard | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 heard | punct |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 thought | nsubj |
| 7 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 terror | punct |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 terror | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 terror | nmod:poss |
| 11 | terror | terror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 thought | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 discovered | punct |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 discovered | mark |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 discovered | nsubj |
| 15 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 discovered | aux |
| 16 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 discovered | aux:pass |
| 17 | discovered | discover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 thought | conj |
| 18 | by | by | ADP | _ | 21 man | case |
| 19 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 21 man | det |
| 20 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 man | amod |
| 21 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 discovered | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 managed | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 managed | cc |
| 24 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 managed | nsubj |
| 25 | managed | manage | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 thought | conj |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 get | mark |
| 27 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 managed | xcomp |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 where | case |
| 29 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 27 get | advmod |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 was | nsubj |
| 31 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 where | advcl:relcl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 falling | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 falling | cc |
| 34 | falling | fall | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 managed | parataxis |
| 35 | at | at | ADP | _ | 37 feet | case |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 feet | nmod:poss |
| 37 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 falling | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 said | punct |
| 39 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 said | nsubj |
| 40 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 thought | parataxis |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 wizard | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 wizard | det |
| 43 | supposed | suppose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 wizard | amod |
| 44 | wizard | wizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 said | obl |
| 45 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 47 Brahman | punct |
| 46 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 47 Brahman | punct |
| 47 | Brahman | brahman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 said | ccomp |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 here | punct |
| 49 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 47 Brahman | advmod |
| 50 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 49 here | nsubj |
| 51 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 here | cop |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 discovered | punct |
| 53 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 58 discovered | mark |
| 54 | Jihva | Jihva | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 discovered | nsubj:pass |
| 55 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 58 discovered | nsubj:pass |
| 56 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 58 discovered | nsubj |
| 57 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 58 discovered | aux |
| 58 | discovered | discover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 said | conj |
| 59 | to | to | PART | _ | 62 thief | mark |
| 60 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 62 thief | cop |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 thief | det |
| 62 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 discovered | xcomp |
| 63 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 treasure | case |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 treasure | det |
| 65 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 thief | nmod |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 73 buried | punct |
| 67 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 73 buried | cc |
| 68 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 70 took | mark |
| 69 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 70 took | nsubj |
| 70 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 73 buried | advcl |
| 71 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 70 took | obj |
| 72 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 73 buried | nsubj |
| 73 | buried | bury | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 thought | conj |
| 74 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 73 buried | obj |
| 75 | in | in | ADP | _ | 77 earth | case |
| 76 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 77 earth | det |
| 77 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 buried | obl |
| 78 | in | in | ADP | _ | 80 garden | case |
| 79 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 80 garden | det |
| 80 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 buried | obl |
| 81 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 83 palace | case |
| 82 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 83 palace | det |
| 83 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 buried | obl |
| 84 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 88 tree | punct |
| 85 | under | under | ADP | _ | 88 tree | case |
| 86 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 88 tree | det |
| 87 | pomegranate | pomegranate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 88 tree | compound |
| 88 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 buried | obl |
| 89 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 thought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | Jihva | this | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | Jihva | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | discover | past · perfect · passive | this wise man | Jihva | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic | ||||
| 4 | manage | past | Jihva | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | get | to-infinitive | Jihva not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 6 | fall | gerund | man's feet | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at foot=Location | |||||
| 7 | say speech: assert | past | Jihva | the supposed wizard | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to wizard=Recipient | ||||
| 8 | suppose | participle | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 9 | is in a quote | present | Jihva | here property | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | discover in a quote | present · perfect · passive | Jihva | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | |||||
| 11 | is a in a quote | to-infinitive | the thief | of the treasure | tree rules | ||||
| 12 | take in a quote | past | Jihva | treasure | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 13 | bury in a quote | past | Jihva | treasure | the earth | in a garden; behind the palace; under a pomegranate tree | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in earth=Destination |
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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