Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 18, sentence 75
One day, when the King and his seven sons-in-law were in his court-house, and it was full of people, the young prince said to him, "There are six thieves here in your court-house." "
Who acts: One day, house, young prince, court house · What happens: be, say · To what, where: court house, King · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (One day, house, young prince, court house), 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 day | nummod |
| 2 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 house | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 day | punct |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 20 house | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 house | nsubj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 sons | cc |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 sons | nmod:poss |
| 9 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 sons | nummod |
| 10 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 King | conj |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 law | punct |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 law | case |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 in | punct |
| 14 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sons | conj |
| 15 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 house | cop |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 house | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 house | nmod:poss |
| 18 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 house | compound |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 court | punct |
| 20 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 house | nsubj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 full | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 full | cc |
| 23 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 full | nsubj |
| 24 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 full | cop |
| 25 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 house | amod |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 people | case |
| 27 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 full | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 said | punct |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 prince | det |
| 30 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 prince | amod |
| 31 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 said | nsubj |
| 32 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 house | advcl |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 him | case |
| 34 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 said | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 are | punct |
| 36 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 38 are | punct |
| 37 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 38 are | expl |
| 38 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 house | cop |
| 39 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 40 thieves | nummod |
| 40 | thieves | thief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 are | nsubj |
| 41 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 38 are | advmod |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 house | case |
| 43 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 house | nmod:poss |
| 44 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 house | compound |
| 45 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 44 court | punct |
| 46 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 46 house | punct |
| 48 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 46 house | punct |
| 49 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 46 house | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | One day | King's court house | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | past | house | of people; full property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the young prince | King | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | King's court house | your court house | tree rules |
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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