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Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 9, sentence 75

The king heard, cursed the day on which he believed in the word of a goldsmith, beat his head, tore his hair, wept and wailed for his crime, asked a thousand pardons, and swore to rule in a just way from that day.

Who acts: prince, king · What happens: hear, curse, believe, beat, tore, weep · To what, where: king, word, head, hair, thousand pardons, way

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 (prince, king), 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

detnsubjaclpunctconjdetobl:unmarkedcaseoblnsubjacl:relclcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctnmod:possobjpunctconjnmod:possobjpunctconjccconjcasenmod:possoblpunctconjdetnummodobjpunctccparataxismarkxcompcasedetadvmodoblcasedetoblpunctrootTheDETkingNOUNheardVERB,PUNCTcursedVERBtheDETdayNOUNonADPwhichPRONhePRONbelievedVERBinADPtheDETwordNOUNofADPaDETgoldsmithNOUN,PUNCTbeatVERBhisPRONheadNOUN,PUNCTtoreVERBhisPRONhairNOUN,PUNCTweptVERBandCCONJwailedVERBforADPhisPRONcrimeNOUN,PUNCTaskedVERBaDETthousandNUMpardonsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJsworeVERBtoPARTruleVERBinADPaDETjustADVwayNOUNfromADPthatDETdayNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 kingdet
2kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing19 beatnsubj
3heardhearVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 kingacl
4,,PUNCT_5 cursedpunct
5cursedcurseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 heardconj
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 daydet
7daydayNOUNNumber=Sing5 cursedobl:unmarked
8ononADP_9 whichcase
9whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel11 believedobl
10hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 believednsubj
11believedbelieveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 dayacl:relcl
12ininADP_14 wordcase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 worddet
14wordwordNOUNNumber=Sing11 believedobl
15ofofADP_17 goldsmithcase
16aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art17 goldsmithdet
17goldsmithgoldsmithNOUNNumber=Sing14 wordnmod
18,,PUNCT_2 kingpunct
19beatbeatVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
20hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 headnmod:poss
21headheadNOUNNumber=Sing19 beatobj
22,,PUNCT_23 torepunct
23toretoreVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 beatconj
24hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs25 hairnmod:poss
25hairhairNOUNNumber=Sing23 toreobj
26,,PUNCT_27 weptpunct
27weptweepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 beatconj
28andandCCONJ_29 wailedcc
29wailedwailVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin27 weptconj
30forforADP_32 crimecase
31hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 crimenmod:poss
32crimecrimeNOUNNumber=Sing29 wailedobl
33,,PUNCT_34 askedpunct
34askedaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin27 weptconj
35aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art36 thousanddet
36thousandthousandNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card37 pardonsnummod
37pardonspardonNOUNNumber=Plur34 askedobj
38,,PUNCT_40 sworepunct
39andandCCONJ_40 sworecc
40sworeswearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 beatparataxis
41totoPART_42 rulemark
42ruleruleVERBVerbForm=Inf40 sworexcomp
43ininADP_46 waycase
44aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art46 waydet
45justjustADV_46 wayadvmod
46waywayNOUNNumber=Sing42 ruleobl
47fromfromADP_49 daycase
48thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem49 daydet
49daydayNOUNNumber=Sing42 ruleobl
50..PUNCT_19 beatpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hearparticiplethe king not said herevn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2curseparticipledayvn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3believepastprincethe word of a goldsmithon the dayvn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
4beatpastthe kingprince's headvn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme
5torepastthe king not said hereprince's hairtree rules
6weeppastthe king not said herevn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7wailpastthe king not said herefor prince's crimevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for crime=Recipient
8ask speech: askpastthe king not said herethousand pardonsvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pardon=Recipient
9swearpastvn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
10ruleto-infinitivea waydayvn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
11worda goldsmithnom word «communication transitive»: of=patient
12incriminateprincenom crime «act transitive»: poss=agent

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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