Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 20, sentence 10
However, he liked the fellow; and thinking that he would amuse his wife and daughter, he invited him to come and stay at his house as long as he had occasion to remain in the village.
Who acts: man, deed · What happens: like, think, amuse, invite, come, stay · To what, where: fellow, wife, deed, house, occasion, village · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, deed), 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 | However | however | ADV | _ | 4 liked | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 However | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 liked | nsubj |
| 4 | liked | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fellow | det |
| 6 | fellow | fellow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 liked | obj |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 invited | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 invited | cc |
| 9 | thinking | think | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 invited | advcl |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 amuse | mark |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 amuse | nsubj |
| 12 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 amuse | aux |
| 13 | amuse | amuse | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 thinking | ccomp |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 wife | nmod:poss |
| 15 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 amuse | obj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 daughter | cc |
| 17 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 wife | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 thinking | punct |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 invited | nsubj |
| 20 | invited | invite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 liked | conj |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 invited | obj |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 come | mark |
| 23 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 invited | xcomp |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 stay | cc |
| 25 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 come | conj |
| 26 | at | at | ADP | _ | 28 house | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 house | nmod:poss |
| 28 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 stay | obl |
| 29 | as | as | ADV | _ | 30 long | advmod |
| 30 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 25 stay | advmod |
| 31 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 33 had | mark |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 had | nsubj |
| 33 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 long | advcl |
| 34 | occasion | occasion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 had | obj |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 remain | mark |
| 36 | remain | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 occasion | acl |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 village | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 village | det |
| 39 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 remain | obl |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 liked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | past | man | the fellow | however property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fellow=Theme | |||
| 2 | think speech: other | gerund | man not said here | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | amuse | would | man | man's wife and daughter | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wife=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | invite | past | man | deed | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | come not said to happen | to-infinitive | deed not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | stay | infinitive | deed not said here | man's house | long property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at house=Location | |||
| 7 | have | past | man | occasion | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent occasion=Patient | ||||
| 8 | remain | to-infinitive | man not said here | occasion not said here | the village | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in village=Location |
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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