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Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 22, sentence 111

Presently, when he had finished his devotions, the kotwal asked him to explain how he had obtained possession of the princess's necklace.

Who acts: prince, finished devotions · What happens: finish, ask, explain, obtain, devote, possess · To what, where: prince, possession, necklace · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, finished devotions), 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

advmodpunctadvmodnsubjauxamodnmod:possnsubjpunctdetnsubjiobjmarkxcompadvmodnsubjauxccompobjcasedetnmod:posscasenmodpunctrootPresentlyADV,PUNCTwhenADVhePRONhadAUXfinishedVERBhisPRONdevotionsNOUN,PUNCTtheDETkotwalNOUNaskedVERBhimPRONtoPARTexplainVERBhowADVhePRONhadAUXobtainedVERBpossessionNOUNofADPtheDETprincessNOUN'sPARTnecklaceNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PresentlypresentlyADV_6 finishedadvmod
2,,PUNCT_1 Presentlypunct
3whenwhenADVPronType=Int6 finishedadvmod
4hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 finishednsubj
5hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 finishedaux
6finishedfinishVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass8 devotionsamod
7hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 devotionsnmod:poss
8devotionsdevotionNOUNNumber=Plur12 askednsubj
9,,PUNCT_8 devotionspunct
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 kotwaldet
11kotwalkotwalNOUNNumber=Sing12 askednsubj
12askedaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
13himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 askediobj
14totoPART_15 explainmark
15explainexplainVERBVerbForm=Inf12 askedxcomp
16howhowADVPronType=Int19 obtainedadvmod
17hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 obtainednsubj
18hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 obtainedaux
19obtainedobtainVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part15 explainccomp
20possessionpossessionNOUNNumber=Sing19 obtainedobj
21ofofADP_25 necklacecase
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 princessdet
23princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing25 necklacenmod:poss
24's'sPART_23 princesscase
25necklacenecklaceNOUNNumber=Sing20 possessionnmod
26..PUNCT_12 askedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1finishpast · perfectprincepresently propertyvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2ask speech: askpastprince's finished devotionsprincevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3explain speech: assert not said to happento-infinitiveprince's finished devotions not said herevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4obtainpast · perfectprincepossession of the princess's necklacevn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme
5devoteprincenom devotion «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
6possessthe princess's necklacenom possession «act transitive»: of=patient

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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