Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 19, sentence 10
So the King killed his Queens, and then he and his wife, the gardener's daughter, and the prince and his wife, all went to live in the King's palace, and lived there happily together for ever after; and the King thanked God for giving him such a beautiful son, and for ridding him of his four wicked wives.
Who acts: King · What happens: kill, go, live, thank, give, rid · To what, where: Queens, palace, God, beautiful son
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (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 | _ | 4 killed | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 killed | nsubj |
| 4 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 Queens | nmod:poss |
| 6 | Queens | queen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 killed | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 went | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 went | cc |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 he | advmod |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 went | nsubj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 wife | cc |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 wife | nmod:poss |
| 13 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 he | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 daughter | punct |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 gardener | det |
| 16 | gardener | gardener | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 gardener | case |
| 18 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 wife | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 wife | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 prince | cc |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 prince | det |
| 22 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 he | conj |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 wife | cc |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 wife | nmod:poss |
| 25 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 he | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 wife | punct |
| 27 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 28 went | advmod |
| 28 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 killed | conj |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 live | mark |
| 30 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 went | xcomp |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 palace | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 King | det |
| 33 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 palace | nmod:poss |
| 34 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 33 King | case |
| 35 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 live | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 lived | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 lived | cc |
| 38 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 killed | conj |
| 39 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 38 lived | advmod |
| 40 | happily | happily | ADV | _ | 38 lived | advmod |
| 41 | together | together | ADV | _ | 38 lived | advmod |
| 42 | for | for | ADP | _ | 38 lived | obl |
| 43 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 44 after | advmod |
| 44 | after | after | ADP | _ | 42 for | conj |
| 45 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 49 thanked | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 thanked | cc |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 King | det |
| 48 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 thanked | nsubj |
| 49 | thanked | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 killed | conj |
| 50 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 thanked | obj |
| 51 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 52 giving | mark |
| 52 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 49 thanked | advcl |
| 53 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 giving | iobj |
| 54 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 57 son | det:predet |
| 55 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 57 son | det |
| 56 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 son | amod |
| 57 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 giving | obj |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 ridding | punct |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 ridding | cc |
| 60 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 61 ridding | mark |
| 61 | ridding | rid | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 killed | advcl |
| 62 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 ridding | obj |
| 63 | of | of | ADP | _ | 67 wives | case |
| 64 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 67 wives | nmod:poss |
| 65 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 67 wives | nummod |
| 66 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 wives | amod |
| 67 | wives | wife | NOUN | Number=Plur | 61 ridding | obl |
| 68 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 killed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kill | past | the King | King's Queens | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go | past | King | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | live | to-infinitive | King not said here | the King's palace | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in palace=Location | ||||
| 4 | live | past | the King not said here | there | happily, together property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 5 | thank speech: thank | past | the King | God | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme | ||||
| 6 | give | gerund | the King not said here | such beautiful son | God | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient son=Theme | |||
| 7 | rid | gerund | the King not said here | God | of King's four wicked wives | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Source of wife=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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