Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 19, sentence 63
On this the King's son said, "I will leave my beasts here, my simurgs, tigers, and dogs, and horses; they will all stay here while I go to the city to see the sights.
Who acts: I, beasts · What happens: say, leave, stay, go, see · To what, where: horses, beasts, city, sights · 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 (I, beasts), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 6 son | case |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 son | det |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 son | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 King | case |
| 6 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 said | obl |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 leave | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 leave | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 leave | nsubj |
| 11 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 leave | aux |
| 12 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 said | ccomp |
| 13 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 beasts | nmod:poss |
| 14 | beasts | beast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 leave | obj |
| 15 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 leave | advmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 simurgs | punct |
| 17 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 simurgs | nmod:poss |
| 18 | simurgs | simurg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 leave | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 tigers | punct |
| 20 | tigers | tiger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 simurgs | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 dogs | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 dogs | cc |
| 23 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 simurgs | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 horses | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 horses | cc |
| 26 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 said | obl |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 stay | punct |
| 28 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 stay | nsubj |
| 29 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 31 stay | aux |
| 30 | all | all | ADV | _ | 31 stay | advmod |
| 31 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 said | conj |
| 32 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 31 stay | advmod |
| 33 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 35 go | mark |
| 34 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 35 go | nsubj |
| 35 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 stay | advcl |
| 36 | to | to | ADP | _ | 38 city | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 city | det |
| 38 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 go | obl |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 see | mark |
| 40 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 go | advcl |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 sights | det |
| 42 | sights | sight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 see | obj |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | horses | on the King's son | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | leave in a quote | future | I | my beasts | here | my simurgs and tigers and dogs obl | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beast=Theme | ||
| 3 | stay in a quote | future | beasts = beast | here | all property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 4 | go in a quote | present | I | the city | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to city=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | see in a quote | to-infinitive | I not said here | the sights | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sight=Stimulus |
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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