Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 21, sentence 60
For some reason he was delayed; perhaps the tsut was not quite ready, or the baniya had not got all the spices prepared.
Who acts: Prince, tsut, baniya · What happens: be, not be, not get, prepare · To what, where: spices
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 (Prince, tsut, baniya), 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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 3 reason | case |
| 2 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 reason | det |
| 3 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 delayed | obl |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 delayed | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 delayed | cop |
| 6 | delayed | delayed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 ready | punct |
| 8 | perhaps | perhaps | ADV | _ | 14 ready | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 tsut | det |
| 10 | tsut | tsut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 ready | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 ready | cop |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 ready | advmod |
| 13 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 14 ready | advmod |
| 14 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 delayed | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 got | punct |
| 16 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 21 got | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 baniya | det |
| 18 | baniya | baniya | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 got | nsubj |
| 19 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 got | aux |
| 20 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 got | advmod |
| 21 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 delayed | parataxis |
| 22 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 spices | det:predet |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 spices | det |
| 24 | spices | spice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 got | obj |
| 25 | prepared | prepare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 spices | acl |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 delayed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Prince | for some reason; delayed property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not is | past | the tsut | perhaps, ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not get | past · perfect | the baniya | all spices | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spice=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | prepare | participle | all spices not said here | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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