Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15, sentence 46
"A mighty Prince, Sarkap! making havoc, rides along, He swung us, seventy maidens fair, and threw us out headlong; He broke the drums you placed there and the gongs too in his pride, Sure, he will kill thee, father mine, and take me for his bride!"
Who acts: Sarkap, Prince, you · What happens: make, ride along, swing, throw out, break, place · To what, where: havoc, us, drums, pride, thee, youngest Princess
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sarkap, Prince, you), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Sarkap | punct |
| 2 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 Prince | det |
| 3 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Prince | amod |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Sarkap | nmod:desc |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Sarkap | punct |
| 6 | Sarkap | Sarkap | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 rides | nsubj |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 Sarkap | punct |
| 8 | making | make | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 Sarkap | acl |
| 9 | havoc | havoc | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 making | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Sarkap | punct |
| 11 | rides | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | along | along | ADV | _ | 11 rides | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 swung | punct |
| 14 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 swung | nsubj |
| 15 | swung | swing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 rides | parataxis |
| 16 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 swung | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 fair | punct |
| 18 | seventy | seventy | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 19 maidens | nummod |
| 19 | maidens | maiden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 fair | nsubj |
| 20 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 swung | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 threw | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 threw | cc |
| 23 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 swung | conj |
| 24 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 threw | obj |
| 25 | out | out | ADP | _ | 23 threw | compound:prt |
| 26 | headlong | headlong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 threw | xcomp |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 broke | punct |
| 28 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 broke | nsubj |
| 29 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 rides | parataxis |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 drums | det |
| 31 | drums | drum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 broke | obj |
| 32 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 33 placed | nsubj |
| 33 | placed | place | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 drums | acl:relcl |
| 34 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 33 placed | advmod |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 gongs | cc |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 gongs | det |
| 37 | gongs | gong | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 drums | conj |
| 38 | too | too | ADV | _ | 29 broke | advmod |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 pride | case |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 pride | nmod:poss |
| 41 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 broke | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 kill | punct |
| 43 | Sure | sure | INTJ | _ | 47 kill | discourse |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 Sure | punct |
| 45 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 kill | nsubj |
| 46 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 47 kill | aux |
| 47 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 rides | parataxis |
| 48 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 47 kill | obj |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 mine | punct |
| 50 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 mine | compound |
| 51 | mine | mine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 kill | parataxis |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 take | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 take | cc |
| 54 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 11 rides | parataxis |
| 55 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 54 take | obj |
| 56 | for | for | ADP | _ | 58 bride | case |
| 57 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 58 bride | nmod:poss |
| 58 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 take | obl |
| 59 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 54 take | punct |
| 60 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 54 take | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make in a quote | gerund | Sarkap a mighty Prince not said here | havoc | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset havoc=Product | ||||
| 2 | ride along in a quote | present | Sarkap a mighty Prince | along property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | swing in a quote | past | Prince | us | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent we=Theme | ||||
| 4 | throw out in a quote | past | Prince not said here | us | headlong property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | |||
| 5 | break in a quote | past | Prince | the drums and the gongs | Prince's pride | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer drum=Patient | |||
| 6 | place in a quote | past | you | the drums and the gongs not said here | there | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent drum=Theme | |||
| 7 | kill in a quote | future | Prince | thee | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | ||||
| 8 | take in a quote | infinitive | the youngest Princess = princess | for Prince's bride | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent i=Theme for bride=Beneficiary | ||||
| 9 | pride in a quote | Prince | nom pride «feeling 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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