Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13, sentence 25

Seeing the treacherous words, she said nothing, but taking another similar-shaped bit of potsherd, she wrote on it these words--"Take care of this lad, giving him all he desires," and returned it to the son of seven Queens, who, none the wiser, set off on his quest.

Who acts: bride, all, son · What happens: see, say, take, shape, write, give · To what, where: treacherous words, nothing, shaped bit, words, potsherd, care · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bride, all, son), 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	Seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 said	advcl
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 words	det
3	treacherous	treacherous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 words	amod
4	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Seeing	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Seeing	punct
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 said	nsubj
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 said	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 taking	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 taking	cc
11	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 said	advcl
12	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	16 bit	det
13	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 shaped	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 similar	punct
15	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 bit	amod
16	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 taking	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 potsherd	case
18	potsherd	potsherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bit	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 wrote	punct
20	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 wrote	nsubj
21	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 said	conj
22	on	on	ADP	_	23 it	case
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 wrote	obl
24	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	25 words	det
25	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 wrote	obj
26	--	--	PUNCT	_	28 Take	punct
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	28 Take	punct
28	Take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 wrote	ccomp
29	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 Take	obj
30	of	of	ADP	_	32 lad	case
31	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	32 lad	det
32	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 Take	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 giving	punct
34	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	28 Take	advcl
35	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 giving	iobj
36	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	38 desires	nsubj
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 desires	nsubj
38	desires	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 giving	parataxis
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 desires	punct
40	"	"	PUNCT	_	28 Take	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 returned	cc
42	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 wrote	conj
43	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 returned	obj
44	to	to	ADP	_	46 son	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 son	det
46	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 returned	obl
47	of	of	ADP	_	49 Queens	case
48	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	49 Queens	nummod
49	Queens	queen	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 son	nmod
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 wiser	punct
51	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	55 wiser	nsubj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 wiser	punct
53	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	55 wiser	nsubj
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 wiser	det
55	wiser	wise	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	49 Queens	conj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 set	punct
57	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	55 wiser	conj
58	off	off	ADP	_	57 set	compound:prt
59	on	on	ADP	_	61 quest	case
60	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 quest	nmod:poss
61	quest	quest	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 set	obl
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	gerund	bride not said here	the treacherous words				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past	bride	nothing				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
3	take	gerund	bride not said here	another shaped bit of potsherd				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Theme
4	shape	participle						vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
5	write	past	bride	this words		potsherd		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent word=Recipient clause=Topic
6	take in a quote	infinitive	bride not said here	care			of this lad	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of lad=Initial_Location
7	give in a quote	gerund	bride not said here		lad			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
8	desire in a quote	present	all					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
9	return	past	bride not said here	care	the son of seven Queens			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to son=Destination
10	set off	participle	bride not said here			son's quest		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	quest		son					nom quest «cognition intransitive»: 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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