Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 12, sentence 59
On the way he had to pass through the country belonging to his brother-in-law, whom we have already mentioned.
Who acts: prince, country, we · What happens: have, pass, belong, mention · To what, where: way, country, brother
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 (prince, country, we), 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 | ADP | _ | 3 way | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 way | det |
| 3 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | obl |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 pass | mark |
| 7 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 had | xcomp |
| 8 | through | through | ADP | _ | 10 country | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 country | det |
| 10 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pass | obl |
| 11 | belonging | belong | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 country | acl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 brother | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 brother | nmod:poss |
| 14 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 belonging | obl |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 law | punct |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 law | case |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 in | punct |
| 18 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 brother | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 mentioned | punct |
| 20 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 mentioned | obl |
| 21 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 mentioned | nsubj |
| 22 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 mentioned | aux |
| 23 | already | already | ADV | _ | 24 mentioned | advmod |
| 24 | mentioned | mention | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 brother | acl:relcl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | prince | the way | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | pass | to-infinitive | prince not said here | the country | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through country=Location | ||||
| 3 | belong | gerund | the country not said here | to prince's brother and law | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | mention speech: other | present · perfect | we | prince's brother and law | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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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