Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 11, sentence 123
It was well that he thus resolved, for in the middle of the night the man rose up, and taking a sword in his hand, rushed to the prince with the intention of killing him.
Who acts: grain, Brahmani, man, intention · What happens: be, resolve, rise up, take, rush, kill · To what, where: night, sword, hand, Brahmani
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (grain, Brahmani, man, intention), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 was | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 was | advmod |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 resolved | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 resolved | nsubj |
| 6 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 7 resolved | advmod |
| 7 | resolved | resolve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 was | advcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 middle | punct |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 middle | case |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 middle | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 middle | det |
| 12 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 resolved | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 night | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 night | det |
| 15 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 middle | nmod |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 man | det |
| 17 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 rose | nsubj |
| 18 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 night | acl:relcl |
| 19 | up | up | ADP | _ | 18 rose | compound:prt |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 taking | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 taking | cc |
| 22 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 resolved | advcl |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 sword | det |
| 24 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 taking | obj |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 hand | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 hand | nmod:poss |
| 27 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 taking | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 rushed | punct |
| 29 | rushed | rush | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 hand | acl |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 prince | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 prince | det |
| 32 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 rushed | obl |
| 33 | with | with | ADP | _ | 35 intention | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 intention | det |
| 35 | intention | intention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 prince | nmod |
| 36 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 37 killing | mark |
| 37 | killing | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 35 intention | acl |
| 38 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 killing | obj |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 was | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | grain | well property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | resolve | past | Brahmani | for the middle of the night; thus property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | rise up | past | the man | the night not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location night=Theme | ||||
| 4 | take | gerund | Brahmani not said here | a sword | Brahmani's hand | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sword=Value in hand=Location | |||
| 5 | rush | participle | Brahmani's hand not said here | to the prince with the intention result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to prince=Result | ||||
| 6 | kill | gerund | the intention not said here | Brahmani | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
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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