Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16, sentence 92

Soon after, the gardener's daughter had a beautiful little son, with a moon on his forehead and a star on his chin, and before the poor mother had seen him, the four wicked Queens took the boy to the nurse and said to her, "Now you must not let this child make the least sound for fear his mother should hear him; and in the night you must either kill him, or else take him away, so that his mother may never see him.

Who acts: daughter, poor mother, four wicked Queens, gardener, child, mother · What happens: have, see, take, say, not let, make · To what, where: beautiful little son, King, boy, nurse, gardener, child · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (daughter, poor mother, four wicked Queens, gardener), 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	Soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 had	advmod
2	after	after	ADP	_	1 Soon	fixed
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Soon	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gardener	det
5	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 daughter	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 gardener	case
7	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	nsubj
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 son	det
10	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 son	amod
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 son	amod
12	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 moon	punct
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 moon	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 moon	det
16	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	obl
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 forehead	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 forehead	nmod:poss
19	forehead	forehead	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 moon	nmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 star	cc
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 star	det
22	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 forehead	conj
23	on	on	ADP	_	25 chin	case
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 chin	nmod:poss
25	chin	chin	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 star	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 took	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 took	cc
28	before	before	SCONJ	_	33 seen	mark
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 mother	det
30	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 mother	amod
31	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 seen	nsubj
32	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 seen	aux
33	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	40 took	advcl
34	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 seen	obj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 seen	punct
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 Queens	det
37	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	39 Queens	nummod
38	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 Queens	amod
39	Queens	queen	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 took	nsubj
40	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 had	parataxis
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 boy	det
42	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 took	obj
43	to	to	ADP	_	45 nurse	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 nurse	det
45	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 took	obl
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 said	cc
47	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 took	conj
48	to	to	ADP	_	49 her	case
49	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 said	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 let	punct
51	"	"	PUNCT	_	56 let	punct
52	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	56 let	advmod
53	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	56 let	nsubj
54	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	56 let	aux
55	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	56 let	advmod
56	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 said	ccomp
57	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	58 child	det
58	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 let	obj
59	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 let	xcomp
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 sound	det
61	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	62 sound	amod
62	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 make	obj
63	for	for	ADP	_	64 fear	case
64	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 sound	nmod
65	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	66 mother	nmod:poss
66	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 hear	nsubj
67	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	68 hear	aux
68	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	64 fear	acl:relcl
69	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 hear	obj
70	;	;	PUNCT	_	78 kill	punct
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 kill	cc
72	in	in	ADP	_	74 night	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 night	det
74	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 kill	obl
75	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	78 kill	nsubj
76	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	78 kill	aux
77	either	either	ADV	PronType=Ind	78 kill	advmod
78	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 had	conj
79	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 kill	obj
80	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 take	punct
81	or	or	CCONJ	_	83 take	cc
82	else	else	ADV	_	83 take	advmod
83	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 had	parataxis
84	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	83 take	obj
85	away	away	ADV	_	83 take	advmod
86	,	,	PUNCT	_	93 see	punct
87	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	93 see	mark
88	that	that	SCONJ	_	87 so	fixed
89	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	90 mother	nmod:poss
90	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	93 see	nsubj
91	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	93 see	aux
92	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	93 see	advmod
93	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	83 take	conj
94	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	93 see	obj
95	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the gardener's daughter	a beautiful little son				with a moon on King's forehead and a star on King's chin; soon property	tree rules
2	see	past · perfect	the poor mother	King					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
3	take	past	the four wicked Queens	the boy		the nurse			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent boy=Theme to nurse=Destination
4	say speech: assert	past	the four wicked Queens not said here		gardener				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic
5	not let in a quote	must	gardener	this child			now		tree rules
6	make in a quote	infinitive	this child not said here	the least sound				for fear	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent sound=Product for fear=Asset
7	hear in a quote	should	Boy's mother	King					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
8	kill in a quote	must	gardener	King			night	either property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
9	take away in a quote	infinitive		King				away, else property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
10	not see in a quote	may	Boy's mother	King					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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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