Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 19, sentence 131
After a little while the two travellers arrived at a big village, where the young man gave his companion a clasp-knife, and said, "Take this, friend, and get two horses with it; but mind and bring it back, for it is very precious."
Who acts: little, young man, mind · What happens: arrive, give, say, take, get, bring back · To what, where: big village, companion, this, two horses, knife · 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 (little, young man, mind), 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 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 8 arrived | mark |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 little | det |
| 3 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 arrived | nsubj |
| 4 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 8 arrived | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 travellers | det |
| 6 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 travellers | nummod |
| 7 | travellers | traveller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 arrived | nsubj |
| 8 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 bring | advcl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 village | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 village | det |
| 11 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 village | amod |
| 12 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 arrived | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 gave | punct |
| 14 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 18 gave | advmod |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 man | det |
| 16 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 man | amod |
| 17 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 gave | nsubj |
| 18 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 arrived | conj |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 companion | nmod:poss |
| 20 | companion | companion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 gave | obj |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 knife | det |
| 22 | clasp | clasp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 knife | compound |
| 23 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 clasp | punct |
| 24 | knife | knife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 gave | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 said | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 said | cc |
| 27 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 gave | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 Take | punct |
| 29 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 30 Take | punct |
| 30 | Take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 said | ccomp |
| 31 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 30 Take | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 friend | punct |
| 33 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 Take | vocative |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 get | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 get | cc |
| 36 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 Take | conj |
| 37 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 38 horses | nummod |
| 38 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 get | obj |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 40 it | case |
| 40 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 get | obl |
| 41 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 45 bring | punct |
| 42 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 45 bring | cc |
| 43 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 bring | nsubj |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 bring | cc |
| 45 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 46 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 bring | obj |
| 47 | back | back | ADV | _ | 45 bring | advmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 precious | punct |
| 49 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 53 precious | mark |
| 50 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 precious | nsubj |
| 51 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 53 precious | cop |
| 52 | very | very | ADV | _ | 53 precious | advmod |
| 53 | precious | precious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 bring | conj |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 45 bring | punct |
| 55 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 45 bring | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | past | a little | a big village | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | give | past | the young man | Man's companion | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent companion=Recipient knife=Theme | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the young man not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | take in a quote | infinitive | this | friend vocative | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Theme | ||||
| 5 | get in a quote | infinitive | two horses | with friend | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horse=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | bring back in a quote | infinitive | mind | knife | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 7 | is in a quote | present | mind | precious property | 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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