Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 20, sentence 29

He simply wished to know if the man was in debt or not; because, if the owner of the field was in debt, then the produce of the field was as good as eaten to him; that is, it would have to go to his creditors."

Who acts: Father, man, owner, debt, that · What happens: wish, know, be, eat, go · To what, where: debt, creditors

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 (Father, man, owner, debt), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wished	nsubj
2	simply	simply	ADV	_	3 wished	advmod
3	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 know	mark
5	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wished	xcomp
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 debt	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 debt	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 debt	cop
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 debt	case
11	debt	debt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 know	ccomp
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 not	cc
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 debt	conj
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 good	punct
15	because	because	SCONJ	_	35 good	mark
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 because	punct
17	if	if	SCONJ	_	25 debt	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 owner	det
19	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 debt	nsubj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 field	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 field	det
22	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 owner	nmod
23	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 debt	cop
24	in	in	ADP	_	25 debt	case
25	debt	debt	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 good	nsubj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 produce	punct
27	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	29 produce	advmod
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 produce	det
29	produce	produce	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 debt	conj
30	of	of	ADP	_	32 field	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 field	det
32	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 produce	nmod
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 good	cop
34	as	as	ADV	_	35 good	advmod
35	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wished	parataxis
36	as	as	SCONJ	_	37 eaten	mark
37	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 good	advcl
38	to	to	ADP	_	39 him	case
39	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 eaten	obl:agent
40	;	;	PUNCT	_	46 have	punct
41	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	46 have	nsubj
42	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	46 have	cop
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 is	punct
44	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 have	nsubj
45	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	46 have	aux
46	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wished	parataxis
47	to	to	PART	_	48 go	mark
48	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 have	xcomp
49	to	to	ADP	_	51 creditors	case
50	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 creditors	nmod:poss
51	creditors	creditor	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 go	obl
52	.	.	PUNCT	_	46 have	punct
53	"	"	PUNCT	_	46 have	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	wish	past	Father		simply property	vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	know not said to happen	to-infinitive	Father not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a condition, not said to happen	past	the man	debt		tree rules
4	is a condition, not said to happen	past	the owner of the field	debt and the produce of the field		tree rules
5	is	past	debt and the produce of the field		good property	tree rules
6	eat	participle	debt and the produce of the field not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	is	would · present	that		have property	tree rules
8	go	to-infinitive	that not said here	man's creditors		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to creditor=Initial_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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