Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 21, sentence 139
At first the old woman did not like the idea of these travellers staying in her house, but the sight of a muhr, which the prince dropped in the bottom of a cup in which she had given him water, and a present of another muhr from the vizier's son, quickly made her change her mind.
Who acts: old woman, travellers, prince, woman · What happens: not like, stay, drop, give, make, change · To what, where: idea, house, muhr, bottom, water, Prince
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old woman, travellers, prince, woman), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 first | case |
| 2 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 like | obl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 woman | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 woman | amod |
| 5 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 like | nsubj |
| 6 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 like | aux |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 like | advmod |
| 8 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 idea | det |
| 10 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 like | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 travellers | case |
| 12 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 13 travellers | det |
| 13 | travellers | traveller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 idea | nmod |
| 14 | staying | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 travellers | acl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 house | case |
| 16 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 house | nmod:poss |
| 17 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 staying | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 sight | punct |
| 19 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 sight | cc |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 sight | det |
| 21 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 like | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 muhr | case |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 muhr | det |
| 24 | muhr | muhr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 sight | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 dropped | punct |
| 26 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 dropped | obj |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 prince | det |
| 28 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 dropped | nsubj |
| 29 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 muhr | acl:relcl |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 bottom | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 bottom | det |
| 32 | bottom | bottom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 dropped | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 cup | case |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 cup | det |
| 35 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 bottom | nmod |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 which | case |
| 37 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 given | obl |
| 38 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 given | nsubj |
| 39 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 given | aux |
| 40 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 35 cup | acl:relcl |
| 41 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 given | iobj |
| 42 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 given | obj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 present | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 present | cc |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 present | det |
| 46 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 like | parataxis |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 muhr | case |
| 48 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 49 muhr | det |
| 49 | muhr | muhr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 present | nmod |
| 50 | from | from | ADP | _ | 54 son | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 vizier | det |
| 52 | vizier | vizier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 son | nmod:poss |
| 53 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 52 vizier | case |
| 54 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 present | nmod |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 made | punct |
| 56 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 57 made | advmod |
| 57 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 like | parataxis |
| 58 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 made | obj |
| 59 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 57 made | xcomp |
| 60 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 61 mind | nmod:poss |
| 61 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 change | obj |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 like | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not like | past · do-support | the old woman | the idea of this travellers | the sight of a muhr obl | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot idea=Theme | |||
| 2 | stay | gerund | this travellers not said here | woman's house | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location | ||||
| 3 | drop | past | the prince | a muhr | the bottom of a cup | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent which=Theme in bottom=Destination | |||
| 4 | give | past · perfect | woman | water | Prince | a cup | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient water=Theme | ||
| 5 | make | past | woman | quickly property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | change | infinitive | woman not said here | woman's mind | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | ||||
| 7 | sight | a muhr | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | mind | woman | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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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