Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 17, sentence 1
So when it was night, the dog ran to the King's cow, who was called Suri, and said to her, "Suri, I want to give you something, for the King has ordered me to be shot to-morrow.
Who acts: it, dog, King · What happens: be, run, call, say, want, give · To what, where: night, cow, dog, something, morrow · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (it, dog, King), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 9 ran | advmod |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 night | advmod |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 night | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 night | cop |
| 5 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ran | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 night | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dog | det |
| 8 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ran | nsubj |
| 9 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 cow | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 King | det |
| 12 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 cow | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 King | case |
| 14 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ran | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 called | punct |
| 16 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 called | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 called | aux:pass |
| 18 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 cow | acl:relcl |
| 19 | Suri | Suri | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 called | xcomp |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 said | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 said | cc |
| 22 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 ran | conj |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 her | case |
| 24 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 said | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 Suri | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 Suri | punct |
| 27 | Suri | Suri | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 said | ccomp |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 want | punct |
| 29 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 want | nsubj |
| 30 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 ran | advcl |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 give | mark |
| 32 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 want | xcomp |
| 33 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 give | iobj |
| 34 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 32 give | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 ordered | punct |
| 36 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 40 ordered | mark |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 King | det |
| 38 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 ordered | nsubj |
| 39 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 ordered | aux |
| 40 | ordered | order | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 32 give | advcl |
| 41 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 ordered | obj |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 44 shot | mark |
| 43 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 44 shot | aux:pass |
| 44 | shot | shoot | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 ordered | advcl |
| 45 | to | to | ADP | _ | 47 morrow | case |
| 46 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 45 to | punct |
| 47 | morrow | morrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 shot | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 ran | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | night | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | run | past | the dog | to the King's cow result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to cow=Result | ||||
| 3 | call | past · passive | the King's cow | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | the dog not said here | dog | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | want in a quote | present | the dog = dog | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 6 | give not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | the dog = dog not said here | something | dog | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient something=Theme | |||
| 7 | order in a quote | present · perfect | the King | the dog = dog | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ||||
| 8 | shoot in a quote | to-infinitive · passive | the King not said here | morrow | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: to morrow=Destination |
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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