Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 23, sentence 8
In the midst of the way they passed the tower of the robbers, and with the help of the soldiers they razed it to the ground, slew all its inmates, and seized the treasure which they had been amassing there for several years.
Who acts: horses, treasure · What happens: pass, raze, slay, seize, amass, help · To what, where: tower, midst, inmates, treasure, soldiers
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 (horses, treasure), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 midst | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 midst | det |
| 3 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 passed | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 way | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 way | det |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 midst | nmod |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 passed | nsubj |
| 8 | passed | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 tower | det |
| 10 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 passed | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 robbers | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 robbers | det |
| 13 | robbers | robber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 tower | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 razed | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 razed | cc |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 help | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 help | det |
| 18 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 razed | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 soldiers | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 soldiers | det |
| 21 | soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 help | nmod |
| 22 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 razed | nsubj |
| 23 | razed | raze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 passed | conj |
| 24 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 razed | obj |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 ground | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 ground | det |
| 27 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 razed | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 slew | punct |
| 29 | slew | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 razed | conj |
| 30 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 32 inmates | det:predet |
| 31 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 inmates | nmod:poss |
| 32 | inmates | inmate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 slew | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 seized | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 seized | cc |
| 35 | seized | seize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 passed | conj |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 treasure | det |
| 37 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 seized | obj |
| 38 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 amassing | nsubj |
| 39 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 amassing | nsubj |
| 40 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 amassing | aux |
| 41 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 42 amassing | aux |
| 42 | amassing | amass | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 37 treasure | acl:relcl |
| 43 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 42 amassing | advmod |
| 44 | for | for | ADP | _ | 46 years | case |
| 45 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 years | amod |
| 46 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 amassing | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 passed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | past | horses = horse | the tower of the robbers | the midst of the way | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent tower=Theme in midst=Destination | |||
| 2 | raze | past | horses = horse | tower | with the help of the soldiers; to the ground | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with help=Instrument | |||
| 3 | slay | past | horses = horse not said here | ground's inmates | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inmate=Patient | ||||
| 4 | seize | past | horses = horse not said here | the treasure | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme | ||||
| 5 | amass | past · perfect · progressive | the treasure | there | year | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 6 | help | the soldiers | nom help «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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