Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 15, sentence 65
Now he, forgetful of the dead man's warning, played with the dice given him by Raja Sarkap, besides which, Sarkap let loose his famous rat, Dhol Raja, and it ran about the board, upsetting the chaupur pieces on the sly, so that Rasalu lost the first game, and gave up his shining armour.
Who acts: dice, Sarkap, rat, Rasalu, dead man · What happens: play, give, let, lose, run, upset · To what, where: Raja, famous rat, chaupur pieces, sly, first game, shining armour
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 (dice, Sarkap, rat, Rasalu), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 he | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 played | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 forgetful | punct |
| 4 | forgetful | forgetful | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 he | conj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 warning | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 man | det |
| 7 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 man | amod |
| 8 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 warning | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 man | case |
| 10 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 forgetful | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 played | punct |
| 12 | played | play | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 dice | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 dice | det |
| 15 | dice | dice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 played | obl |
| 16 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 dice | acl |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 given | obj |
| 18 | by | by | ADP | _ | 19 Raja | case |
| 19 | Raja | Raja | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 given | obl |
| 20 | Sarkap | Sarkap | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Raja | flat |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 let | punct |
| 22 | besides | besides | ADP | _ | 23 which | case |
| 23 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 let | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 let | punct |
| 25 | Sarkap | Sarkap | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 let | nsubj |
| 26 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 played | parataxis |
| 27 | loose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 let | xcomp |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 rat | nmod:poss |
| 29 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 rat | amod |
| 30 | rat | rat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 loose | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 Raja | punct |
| 32 | Dhol | Dhol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Raja | compound |
| 33 | Raja | Raja | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 loose | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 ran | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 ran | cc |
| 36 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 ran | nsubj |
| 37 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 let | conj |
| 38 | about | about | ADP | _ | 40 board | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 board | det |
| 40 | board | board | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 ran | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 upsetting | punct |
| 42 | upsetting | upset | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 37 ran | advcl |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 pieces | det |
| 44 | chaupur | chaupur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 pieces | compound |
| 45 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 upsetting | obj |
| 46 | on | on | ADP | _ | 48 sly | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 sly | det |
| 48 | sly | sly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 pieces | nmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 lost | punct |
| 50 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 53 lost | mark |
| 51 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 53 lost | mark |
| 52 | Rasalu | Rasalu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 lost | nsubj |
| 53 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 upsetting | conj |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 game | det |
| 55 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 56 game | amod |
| 56 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 lost | obj |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 gave | punct |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 gave | cc |
| 59 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 played | conj |
| 60 | up | up | ADP | _ | 59 gave | compound:prt |
| 61 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 63 armour | nmod:poss |
| 62 | shining | shine | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 63 armour | amod |
| 63 | armour | armour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 gave | obj |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 played | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | participle · passive | Raja | with the dice | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: subject=Theme with dice=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | give | participle | the dice not said here | Raja | by Raja | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 3 | let | past | Sarkap | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | lose | infinitive | Sarkap not said here | Raja's famous rat | Dhol Raja obl | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Eventuality | |||
| 5 | run | past | rat | about the board | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about board=Trajectory | ||||
| 6 | upset | gerund | rat not said here | the chaupur pieces | the sly | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus piece=Experiencer | |||
| 7 | lose | past | Rasalu | the first game | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality | ||||
| 8 | give up | past | Raja's shining armour | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent armour=Source | |||||
| 9 | shine | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 10 | warn | the dead man | nom warning «communication 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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