Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 17, sentence 118
When they had all arrived, the little princess's father said to them, "To-morrow morning you must all sit together in my garden" (the King's garden was very large), "for then my youngest daughter will come and see you all, and choose her husband.
Who acts: Rajas, father, garden, youngest daughter, you · What happens: arrive, say, sit, be, come, see · To what, where: Rajas, garden, you, husband · 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 (Rajas, father, garden, youngest daughter), 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 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 5 arrived | mark |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 arrived | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 arrived | aux |
| 4 | all | all | ADV | _ | 5 arrived | advmod |
| 5 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 said | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 arrived | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 princess | det |
| 8 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 princess | amod |
| 9 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 father | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 princess | case |
| 11 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 said | nsubj |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 them | case |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 said | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 sit | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 sit | punct |
| 17 | To | to | ADP | _ | 20 morning | case |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 To | punct |
| 19 | morrow | morrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 morning | compound |
| 20 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 sit | obl |
| 21 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 24 sit | nsubj |
| 22 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 sit | aux |
| 23 | all | all | ADV | _ | 24 sit | advmod |
| 24 | sit | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 said | parataxis |
| 25 | together | together | ADV | _ | 24 sit | advmod |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 garden | case |
| 27 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 garden | nmod:poss |
| 28 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 sit | obl |
| 29 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 sit | punct |
| 30 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 37 large | punct |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 King | det |
| 32 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 garden | nmod:poss |
| 33 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 32 King | case |
| 34 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 large | nsubj |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 large | cop |
| 36 | very | very | ADV | _ | 37 large | advmod |
| 37 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 sit | parataxis |
| 38 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 37 large | punct |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 come | punct |
| 40 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 47 come | punct |
| 41 | for | for | ADP | _ | 42 then | case |
| 42 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 47 come | obl |
| 43 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 44 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 45 daughter | amod |
| 45 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 come | nsubj |
| 46 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 47 come | aux |
| 47 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 sit | conj |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 see | cc |
| 49 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 come | conj |
| 50 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 49 see | obj |
| 51 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 50 you | nmod:unmarked |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 choose | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 choose | cc |
| 54 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 sit | conj |
| 55 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 husband | nmod:poss |
| 56 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 choose | obj |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | past · perfect | Rajas = raja | all property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the little princess's father | Rajas = raja | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | sit in a quote | must | Rajas = raja | my garden | morning | all, together property | tree rules | ||
| 4 | is | past | the King's garden | large property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | come in a quote | future | my youngest daughter | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | see in a quote | infinitive | my youngest daughter not said here | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | choose in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | princess's husband | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Theme |
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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