Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 10, sentence 58
With these in your possession, you would never need anything, for the ring is such that a man has only to speak to it, and immediately a beautiful furnished mansion will be provided for him, while the pot and the spoon will supply him with all manner of the rarest and most delicious foods."
Who acts: you, ring, man, pot, your · What happens: not need, be, speak, furnish, provide, supply · To what, where: anything, Ring, beautiful furnished mansion, man · 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 (you, ring, man, pot), 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 | With | with | ADP | _ | 5 possession | case |
| 2 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 5 possession | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 possession | case |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 possession | nmod:poss |
| 5 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 need | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 possession | punct |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 need | nsubj |
| 8 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 need | aux |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 need | advmod |
| 10 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 11 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 10 need | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 such | punct |
| 13 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 17 such | mark |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 ring | det |
| 15 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 such | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 such | cop |
| 17 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 10 need | conj |
| 18 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 speak | mark |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 man | det |
| 20 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 speak | nsubj |
| 21 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 speak | aux |
| 22 | only | only | ADV | _ | 24 speak | advmod |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 speak | mark |
| 24 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 such | ccomp |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 it | case |
| 26 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 speak | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 provided | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 provided | cc |
| 29 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 36 provided | advmod |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 mansion | det |
| 31 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 mansion | amod |
| 32 | furnished | furnish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 mansion | amod |
| 33 | mansion | mansion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 provided | nsubj:pass |
| 34 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 provided | aux |
| 35 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 36 provided | aux:pass |
| 36 | provided | provide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 need | parataxis |
| 37 | for | for | ADP | _ | 38 him | case |
| 38 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 provided | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 supply | punct |
| 40 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 47 supply | mark |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 pot | det |
| 42 | pot | pot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 supply | nsubj |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 spoon | cc |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 spoon | det |
| 45 | spoon | spoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 pot | conj |
| 46 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 47 supply | aux |
| 47 | supply | supply | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 need | conj |
| 48 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 supply | obj |
| 49 | with | with | ADP | _ | 51 manner | case |
| 50 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 51 manner | det |
| 51 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 supply | obl |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 foods | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 foods | det |
| 54 | rarest | rare | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 58 foods | amod |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 delicious | cc |
| 56 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 57 delicious | advmod |
| 57 | delicious | delicious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 foods | amod |
| 58 | foods | food | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 manner | nmod |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 need | punct |
| 60 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 need | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not need | would | you | anything | with your possession | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot anything=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | present | the ring | such property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | speak speech: other | present | a man | Ring | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to it=Co-Agent | ||||
| 4 | furnish | participle | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | provide | future · passive | a beautiful furnished mansion | for man; immediately property | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for he=Beneficiary | ||||
| 6 | supply | future | the pot and the spoon | man | with all manner of the rarest delicious foods | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with manner=Theme | |||
| 7 | possess | your | nom possession «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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