Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 23, sentence 121
They invariably begin with a "Story of the Present," an incident in Buddha's life which calls up to him a "Story of the Past," a folk-tale in which he had played a part during one of his former incarnations.
Who acts: JATAKAS, life, Buddha · What happens: begin, call up, play · To what, where: incident, Story, Buddha, part, folk tale
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (JATAKAS, life, Buddha), 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 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 begin | nsubj |
| 2 | invariably | invariably | ADV | _ | 3 begin | advmod |
| 3 | begin | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 Story | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 Story | det |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Story | punct |
| 7 | Story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 begin | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Present | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Present | det |
| 10 | Present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Story | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 incident | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 incident | punct |
| 13 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 incident | det |
| 14 | incident | incident | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 begin | obl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 life | case |
| 16 | Buddha | Buddha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 life | nmod:poss |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 Buddha | case |
| 18 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 incident | nmod |
| 19 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 calls | nsubj |
| 20 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 life | acl:relcl |
| 21 | up | up | ADP | _ | 20 calls | compound:prt |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 him | case |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 calls | obl |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 Story | det |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 Story | punct |
| 26 | Story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 calls | obj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Past | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Past | det |
| 29 | Past | Past | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Story | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 tale | punct |
| 31 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 35 tale | punct |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 tale | det |
| 33 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 tale | compound |
| 34 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 folk | punct |
| 35 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 Story | appos |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 which | case |
| 37 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 played | obl |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 played | nsubj |
| 39 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 played | aux |
| 40 | played | play | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 35 tale | acl:relcl |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 part | det |
| 42 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 played | obj |
| 43 | during | during | ADP | _ | 44 one | case |
| 44 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 40 played | obl |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 incarnations | case |
| 46 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 incarnations | nmod:poss |
| 47 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 incarnations | amod |
| 48 | incarnations | incarnation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 one | nmod |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 begin | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | begin | present | JATAKAS = jataka | a incident in Buddha's life | with a Story of the Present; invariably property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with story=Subeventuality | |||
| 2 | call up speech: assert | present | Buddha's life | a Story of the Past | Buddha | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Topic to he=Recipient | |||
| 3 | play | past · perfect | Buddha | a part | a folk tale | during one of Buddha's former incarnations | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme |
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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