Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 10, sentence 1
When Harisarman heard that, he said to her proudly: "Depart, I know all this; I know the past, present and future; but I will not denounce you, being a miserable creature that has implored my protection.
Who acts: Harisarman, miserable creature, my · What happens: hear, say, know, not denounce, be, implore · To what, where: her, Depart, past, you, miserable creature, protection · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Harisarman, miserable creature, my), 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 | Harisarman | Harisarman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 heard | nsubj |
| 3 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | 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 said | nsubj |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 her | case |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 said | obl |
| 10 | proudly | proudly | ADV | _ | 7 said | advmod |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 Depart | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 Depart | punct |
| 13 | Depart | Depart | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 know | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 know | punct |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 know | nsubj |
| 16 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | ccomp |
| 17 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 this | det |
| 18 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 know | obj |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 know | punct |
| 20 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 know | nsubj |
| 21 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 know | conj |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 past | det |
| 23 | past | past | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 know | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 present | punct |
| 25 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 past | conj |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 future | cc |
| 27 | future | future | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 present | conj |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 denounce | punct |
| 29 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 33 denounce | cc |
| 30 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 denounce | nsubj |
| 31 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 denounce | aux |
| 32 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 33 denounce | advmod |
| 33 | denounce | denounce | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 said | ccomp |
| 34 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 33 denounce | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 creature | punct |
| 36 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 39 creature | cop |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 creature | det |
| 38 | miserable | miserable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 creature | amod |
| 39 | creature | creature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 denounce | parataxis |
| 40 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 implored | nsubj |
| 41 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 implored | aux |
| 42 | implored | implore | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 39 creature | acl:relcl |
| 43 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 protection | nmod:poss |
| 44 | protection | protection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 implored | obj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | Harisarman | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Harisarman | her = she | proudly property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 3 | know in a quote | present | Harisarman | Depart | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | know in a quote | present | Harisarman | the past and present and future | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer past=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | not denounce in a quote | future | Harisarman | you | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ||||
| 6 | is a in a quote | gerund | a miserable creature | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | implore in a quote | present · perfect | a miserable creature | my protection | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent protection=Recipient | ||||
| 8 | protect in a quote | my | nom protection «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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