Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 17, sentence 100
The next day, when he had finished his work, the young prince went to the jungle to see his horse, who asked him, "Are you quite well and happy?" "
Who acts: boy, next day, horse · What happens: finish, go, see, ask, be, work · To what, where: work, jungle, horse, boy · 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 (boy, next day, horse), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 day | det |
| 2 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 day | amod |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 went | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 finished | punct |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 finished | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 finished | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 finished | aux |
| 8 | finished | finish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 day | acl:relcl |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 work | nmod:poss |
| 10 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 finished | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 prince | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 prince | det |
| 13 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 prince | amod |
| 14 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 work | conj |
| 15 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 jungle | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 jungle | det |
| 18 | jungle | jungle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 went | obl |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 see | mark |
| 20 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 went | advcl |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 horse | nmod:poss |
| 22 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 see | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 asked | punct |
| 24 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 asked | nsubj |
| 25 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 horse | acl:relcl |
| 26 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 asked | iobj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 well | punct |
| 28 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 32 well | punct |
| 29 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 well | cop |
| 30 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 well | nsubj |
| 31 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 32 well | advmod |
| 32 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 15 went | advmod |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 happy | cc |
| 34 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 well | conj |
| 35 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 34 happy | punct |
| 36 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 happy | punct |
| 37 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | finish | past · perfect | boy | boy's work and the young prince | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector work=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | go | past | the next day | the jungle | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to jungle=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | see | to-infinitive | the next day not said here | boy's horse | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horse=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | ask speech: ask | past | boy's horse | boy | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | is in a quote | present | boy | well property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | be in a quote | boy not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 7 | work | boy | nom work «act intransitive»: 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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