Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 23, sentence 128
1, 2), and the commentary concludes: "The Master, having given the lesson, summed up the Jataka thus: 'At that time, the Lion was Devadatta, and the Crane was I myself.'"
Who acts: 1, Master, Crane · What happens: conclude, have, give, sum up, be · To what, where: Master, Jataka, Lion Devadatta, Bhickkus
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 (1, Master, Crane), 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 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 concludes | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 2 | punct |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 1 | conj |
| 4 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 2 | punct |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 concludes | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 concludes | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 commentary | det |
| 8 | commentary | commentary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 concludes | nsubj |
| 9 | concludes | conclude | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 Master | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 Master | punct |
| 12 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Master | det |
| 13 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 concludes | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 having | punct |
| 15 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 Master | acl |
| 16 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 lesson | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 lesson | det |
| 18 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 having | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 summed | punct |
| 20 | summed | sum | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 Master | conj |
| 21 | up | up | ADP | _ | 20 summed | compound:prt |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Jataka | det |
| 23 | Jataka | Jataka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 summed | obj |
| 24 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 20 summed | advmod |
| 25 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 34 Devadatta | punct |
| 26 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 34 Devadatta | punct |
| 27 | At | at | ADP | _ | 29 time | case |
| 28 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 29 time | det |
| 29 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 Devadatta | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 time | punct |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 Lion | det |
| 32 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Devadatta | compound |
| 33 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 Devadatta | cop |
| 34 | Devadatta | Devadatta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 concludes | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 myself | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 myself | cc |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 Crane | det |
| 38 | Crane | Crane | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 myself | nsubj |
| 39 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 myself | cop |
| 40 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 41 myself | nsubj |
| 41 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 34 Devadatta | appos |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 34 Devadatta | punct |
| 43 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 34 Devadatta | punct |
| 44 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 concludes | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conclude | present | 1 | the Master | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Theme | ||||
| 2 | have in a quote | gerund | the Master not said here | give the lesson | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | give in a quote | participle | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 4 | sum up in a quote | participle | 1 not said here | the Jataka | thus property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jataka=Topic | |||
| 5 | is a in a quote | past | Lion Devadatta | time | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | is a in a quote | past | the Crane | Bhickkus | tree rules |
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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