Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14, sentence 86
Then the women, drenched with water, went weeping and wailing to the palace, complaining to the King that a mighty young Prince in shining armour, with a parrot on his wrist and a gallant steed beside him, sat by the well, and broke their pitchers.
Who acts: women · What happens: drench, go, weep, wail, complain, shine · To what, where: women, palace, mighty young Prince, King, armour, pitchers
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 (women), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 went | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 women | det |
| 3 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 went | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 drenched | punct |
| 5 | drenched | drench | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 women | acl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 water | case |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 drenched | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 women | punct |
| 9 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | weeping | weep | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 went | xcomp |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 wailing | cc |
| 12 | wailing | wail | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 weeping | conj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 palace | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 palace | det |
| 15 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 wailing | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 complaining | punct |
| 17 | complaining | complain | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 weeping | conj |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 King | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 King | det |
| 20 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 complaining | obl |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 25 Prince | mark |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 Prince | det |
| 23 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 Prince | amod |
| 24 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 Prince | amod |
| 25 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 complaining | obl |
| 26 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 27 shining | mark |
| 27 | shining | shine | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 complaining | advcl |
| 28 | armour | armour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 shining | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 parrot | punct |
| 30 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 parrot | case |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 parrot | det |
| 32 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 shining | obl |
| 33 | on | on | ADP | _ | 35 wrist | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 wrist | nmod:poss |
| 35 | wrist | wrist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 parrot | nmod |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 steed | cc |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 steed | det |
| 38 | gallant | gallant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 steed | amod |
| 39 | steed | steed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 wrist | conj |
| 40 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 41 him | case |
| 41 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 steed | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 sat | punct |
| 43 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 went | conj |
| 44 | by | by | ADP | _ | 46 well | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 well | det |
| 46 | well | well | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 sat | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 broke | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 broke | cc |
| 49 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 went | conj |
| 50 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 pitchers | nmod:poss |
| 51 | pitchers | pitcher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 broke | obj |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drench | participle | the women not said here | with water | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with water=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go | past | the women | then | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | weep | gerund | the women not said here | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | wail | gerund | the women not said here | the palace | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to palace=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | complain speech: other | gerund | the women not said here | a mighty young Prince | the King | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient | |||
| 6 | shine | gerund | the women not said here | armour | with a parrot on Prince's wrist and a gallant steed beside Prince | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent armour=Theme | |||
| 7 | sit | past | the women not said here | by the well | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by well=Location | ||||
| 8 | break | past | the women not said here | women's pitchers | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pitcher=Patient |
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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