Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 12, sentence 2

On returning to his house, he at once sent the dog back to its old master with a letter rolled under the collar, wherein he had written about the sagacity of the beast, and begged his friend to forget the loan and to accept another five thousand rupees as a present.

Who acts: he · What happens: return, send back, roll, write, beg, forget · To what, where: dog, old master, letter, collar, friend, loan

This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (he), 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	On	on	SCONJ	_	2 returning	mark
2	returning	return	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 sent	advcl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 house	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 house	nmod:poss
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 returning	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 returning	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sent	nsubj
8	at	at	ADP	_	7 he	conj
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	10 sent	advmod
10	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dog	det
12	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sent	obj
13	back	back	ADV	_	10 sent	advmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 master	case
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 master	nmod:poss
16	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 master	amod
17	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sent	obl
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 letter	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 letter	det
20	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 master	nmod
21	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 letter	acl
22	under	under	ADP	_	24 collar	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 collar	det
24	collar	collar	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 rolled	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 written	punct
26	wherein	wherein	ADV	PronType=Int	29 written	advmod
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 written	nsubj
28	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 written	aux
29	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	24 collar	acl:relcl
30	about	about	ADP	_	32 sagacity	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 sagacity	det
32	sagacity	sagacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 written	obl
33	of	of	ADP	_	35 beast	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 beast	det
35	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 sagacity	nmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 begged	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 begged	cc
38	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 sent	conj
39	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 friend	nmod:poss
40	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 begged	obj
41	to	to	PART	_	42 forget	mark
42	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 begged	advcl
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 loan	det
44	loan	loan	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 forget	obj
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 accept	cc
46	to	to	PART	_	47 accept	mark
47	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 forget	conj
48	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	49 five	det
49	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	50 thousand	compound
50	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	51 rupees	nummod
51	rupees	rupee	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 accept	obj
52	as	as	ADP	_	54 present	case
53	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	54 present	det
54	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 accept	obl
55	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 sent	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	return	gerund	he not said here				to his house result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to house=Result
2	send back	past	he	the dog		dog's old master with a letter	once property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dog=Theme to master=Destination
3	roll	participle		a letter not said here		the collar		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under collar=Trajectory
4	write	past · perfect	he				about the sagacity of the beast; wherein property	vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about sagacity=Topic
5	beg speech: request	past	he not said here		his friend			vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient
6	forget	to-infinitive	he not said here	the loan				tree rules
7	accept	to-infinitive	he not said here	thousand rupees			as a present	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent rupee=Theme as present=Attribute

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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