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Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 19, sentence 119

Nobody, however, could explain the matter; and so he returned broken-hearted to his house, and began to arrange his affairs in prospect of certain death, for he had had sufficient experience of the king to know that His Majesty would not go back from his threat.

Who acts: Nobody, wise, Majesty · What happens: explain, return, break, heart, begin, arrange · To what, where: matter, affairs, prospect, sufficient experience, threat, certain death · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Nobody, wise, Majesty), 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

nsubjpunctadvmodpunctauxdetobjpunctccadvmodnsubjparataxisccomppunctxcompcasenmod:possoblpunctccconjmarkxcompnmod:possobjcaseoblcaseamodnmodpunctmarknsubjauxparataxisamodobjcasedetnmodmarkadvclmarknmod:possnsubjauxadvmodccompadvmodcasenmod:possoblpunctrootNobodyPRON,PUNCThoweverADV,PUNCTcouldAUXexplainVERBtheDETmatterNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJsoADVhePRONreturnedVERBbrokenVERB-PUNCTheartedVERBtoADPhisPRONhouseNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJbeganVERBtoPARTarrangeVERBhisPRONaffairsNOUNinADPprospectNOUNofADPcertainADJdeathNOUN,PUNCTforSCONJhePRONhadAUXhadVERBsufficientADJexperienceNOUNofADPtheDETkingNOUNtoPARTknowVERBthatSCONJHisPRONMajestyPROPNwouldAUXnotPARTgoVERBbackADVfromADPhisPRONthreatNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NobodynobodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg6 explainnsubj
2,,PUNCT_1 Nobodypunct
3howeverhoweverADV_6 explainadvmod
4,,PUNCT_3 howeverpunct
5couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin6 explainaux
6explainexplainVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 matterdet
8mattermatterNOUNNumber=Sing6 explainobj
9;;PUNCT_13 returnedpunct
10andandCCONJ_11 socc
11sosoADV_13 returnedadvmod
12hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 returnednsubj
13returnedreturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 explainparataxis
14brokenbreakVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass13 returnedccomp
15--PUNCT_14 brokenpunct
16heartedheartVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass13 returnedxcomp
17totoADP_19 housecase
18hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs19 housenmod:poss
19househouseNOUNNumber=Sing16 heartedobl
20,,PUNCT_22 beganpunct
21andandCCONJ_22 begancc
22beganbeginVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 returnedconj
23totoPART_24 arrangemark
24arrangearrangeVERBVerbForm=Inf22 beganxcomp
25hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 affairsnmod:poss
26affairsaffairNOUNNumber=Plur24 arrangeobj
27ininADP_28 prospectcase
28prospectprospectNOUNNumber=Sing24 arrangeobl
29ofofADP_31 deathcase
30certaincertainADJDegree=Pos31 deathamod
31deathdeathNOUNNumber=Sing28 prospectnmod
32,,PUNCT_36 hadpunct
33forforSCONJ_36 hadmark
34hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 hadnsubj
35hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin36 hadaux
36hadhaveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part22 beganparataxis
37sufficientsufficientADJDegree=Pos38 experienceamod
38experienceexperienceNOUNNumber=Sing36 hadobj
39ofofADP_41 kingcase
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 kingdet
41kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing38 experiencenmod
42totoPART_43 knowmark
43knowknowVERBVerbForm=Inf36 hadadvcl
44thatthatSCONJ_49 gomark
45HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs46 Majestynmod:poss
46MajestyMajestyPROPNNumber=Sing49 gonsubj
47wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin49 goaux
48notnotPARTPolarity=Neg49 goadvmod
49gogoVERBVerbForm=Inf43 knowccomp
50backbackADV_49 goadvmod
51fromfromADP_53 threatcase
52hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs53 threatnmod:poss
53threatthreatNOUNNumber=Sing49 goobl
54..PUNCT_6 explainpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1explain speech: assertcouldNobodythe matterhowever propertyvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Topic
2returnpastwisetree rules
3breakparticiplewise not said herevn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4heartparticiplewise not said hereto wise's housetree rules
5beginpastwise not said herevn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
6arrangeto-infinitivewise not said herewise's affairsprospect of certain deathvn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent affair=Theme in prospect=Destination
7havepast · perfectwisesufficient experience of the kingvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent experience=Patient
8knowto-infinitivewise not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
9not go backwouldwise's Majestywise's threatvn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
10prospectcertain deathnom prospect «state transitive»: of=patient
11experiencethe kingnom experience «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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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