Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14, sentence 67
The ten traders now took back all their property, and armed themselves with the swords and cudgels of their enemies; and when they reached their village, they often amused their friends and relatives by relating their adventure.
Who acts: ten traders, traders · What happens: take back, arm, reach, amuse, relate, adventure · To what, where: property, traders, village, friends, adventure
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ten traders, traders), 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 | 3 traders | det |
| 2 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 traders | nummod |
| 3 | traders | trader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 took | nsubj |
| 4 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 took | advmod |
| 5 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 took | advmod |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 property | det:predet |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 property | nmod:poss |
| 9 | property | property | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 took | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 armed | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 armed | cc |
| 12 | armed | arm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 took | conj |
| 13 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 12 armed | obj |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 swords | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 swords | det |
| 16 | swords | sword | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 armed | obl |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 cudgels | cc |
| 18 | cudgels | cudgel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 swords | conj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 enemies | case |
| 20 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 enemies | nmod:poss |
| 21 | enemies | enemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 cudgels | nmod |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 amused | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 amused | cc |
| 24 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 26 reached | mark |
| 25 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 reached | nsubj |
| 26 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 amused | advcl |
| 27 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 village | nmod:poss |
| 28 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 reached | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 reached | punct |
| 30 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 amused | nsubj |
| 31 | often | often | ADV | _ | 32 amused | advmod |
| 32 | amused | amuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 took | conj |
| 33 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 friends | nmod:poss |
| 34 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 amused | obj |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 relatives | cc |
| 36 | relatives | relative | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 friends | conj |
| 37 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 38 relating | mark |
| 38 | relating | relate | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 amused | advcl |
| 39 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 adventure | nmod:poss |
| 40 | adventure | adventure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 relating | obj |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take back | past | the ten traders | traders's property | now | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent property=Theme | |||
| 2 | arm | past | the ten traders not said here | traders = trader | with the swords and cudgels of traders's enemies | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent themselves=Recipient with sword=Theme | |||
| 3 | reach | past | traders = trader | traders's village | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent village=Theme | ||||
| 4 | amuse | past | traders = trader | traders's friends and relatives | often property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus friend=Experiencer | |||
| 5 | relate | gerund | traders = trader not said here | traders's adventure | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adventure=Theme | ||||
| 6 | adventure | traders = trader | nom adventure «act transitive»: 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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