Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 11, sentence 85
The merchant inquired whence he had come, why he had come, and what was his caste; to which he replied that he was a Brahman, and was wandering hither and thither begging a livelihood for himself and wife and parents.
Who acts: merchant · What happens: inquire, come, be, reply, wonder, beg · To what, where: caste, Brahman, livelihood
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 (merchant), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 merchant | det |
| 2 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 inquired | nsubj |
| 3 | inquired | inquire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | whence | whence | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 come | advmod |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 come | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 come | aux |
| 7 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 inquired | advcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 come | punct |
| 9 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 come | advmod |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 come | nsubj |
| 11 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 come | aux |
| 12 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 come | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 caste | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 caste | cc |
| 15 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 18 caste | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 caste | cop |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 caste | nmod:poss |
| 18 | caste | caste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 come | obl |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 replied | punct |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 which | case |
| 21 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 replied | obl |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 replied | nsubj |
| 23 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 inquired | parataxis |
| 24 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 Brahman | mark |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 Brahman | nsubj |
| 26 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 Brahman | cop |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 Brahman | det |
| 28 | Brahman | brahman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 replied | advcl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 wandering | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 wandering | cc |
| 31 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 wandering | aux |
| 32 | wandering | wonder | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 replied | advcl |
| 33 | hither | hither | ADV | _ | 32 wandering | advmod |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 begging | cc |
| 35 | thither | thither | ADV | _ | 36 begging | advmod |
| 36 | begging | beg | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 wandering | conj |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 livelihood | det |
| 38 | livelihood | livelihood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 begging | obj |
| 39 | for | for | ADP | _ | 40 himself | case |
| 40 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 36 begging | obl |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 wife | cc |
| 42 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 himself | conj |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 parents | cc |
| 44 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 wife | conj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 inquired | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inquire speech: other | past | the merchant | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | come | past · perfect | merchant | whence property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | come | past · perfect | merchant | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | is a | past | merchant's caste | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | reply speech: assert | past | merchant | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to which=Theme | |||||
| 6 | is a | past | merchant | a Brahman | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | wonder speech: ask | past · progressive | merchant not said here | hither property | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 8 | beg speech: request | gerund | merchant not said here | a livelihood | for merchant; thither property | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent livelihood=Recipient for himself=Topic |
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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