Indian Fairy Tales, I. the Lion and the Crane., sentence 20

Besides this, it came from Ceylon in the Fables of Kybises--_i.e._, Kasyapa the Buddha--c. 50 A.D., was adapted into Hebrew, and used for political purposes, by Rabbi Joshua ben Chananyah in a harangue to the Jews c. 120 A.D., begging them to be patient while within the jaws of Rome.

Who acts: Source · What happens: come, adapt, use, beg, be · To what, where: Ceylon, Hebrew, c.

This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, I. the Lion and the Crane.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Source), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Besides	besides	ADP	_	2 this	case
2	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 came	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 this	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 Ceylon	case
7	Ceylon	Ceylon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 came	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 Fables	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Fables	det
10	Fables	Fable	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 Ceylon	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Kybises	case
12	Kybises	kybis	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 Fables	nmod
13	--	--	PUNCT	_	15 i.e.	punct
14	_	_	PUNCT	_	15 i.e.	punct
15	i.e.	i.e.	ADV	_	5 came	obl
16	_	_	PUNCT	_	15 i.e.	punct
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 Kasyapa	punct
18	Kasyapa	Kasyapa	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 came	parataxis
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Buddha	det
20	Buddha	Buddha	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Kasyapa	appos
21	--	--	PUNCT	_	22 c.	punct
22	c.	c.	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 Kasyapa	appos
23	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	22 c.	flat
24	A.D	A.D	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 50	flat
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 Kasyapa	punct
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 adapted	punct
27	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 adapted	aux:pass
28	adapted	adapt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 came	parataxis
29	into	into	ADP	_	30 Hebrew	case
30	Hebrew	Hebrew	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 adapted	obl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 used	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 used	cc
33	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 adapted	conj
34	for	for	ADP	_	36 purposes	case
35	political	political	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 purposes	amod
36	purposes	purpose	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 used	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 ben	punct
38	by	by	ADP	_	41 ben	case
39	Rabbi	Rabbi	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 Joshua	compound
40	Joshua	Joshua	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 ben	compound
41	ben	ben	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 used	obl
42	Chananyah	Chananyah	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 ben	appos
43	in	in	ADP	_	45 harangue	case
44	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	45 harangue	det
45	harangue	harangue	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 ben	nmod
46	to	to	ADP	_	49 c.	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 c.	det
48	Jews	Jew	PROPN	Number=Plur	49 c.	compound
49	c.	c.	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 harangue	nmod
50	120	120	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	49 c.	flat
51	A.D	A.D	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 120	flat
52	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 came	punct
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 begging	punct
54	begging	beg	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 came	advcl
55	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 begging	obj
56	to	to	PART	_	58 patient	mark
57	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	58 patient	cop
58	patient	patient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 begging	xcomp
59	while	while	SCONJ	_	62 jaws	mark
60	within	within	ADP	_	62 jaws	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 jaws	det
62	jaws	jaw	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 patient	advcl
63	of	of	ADP	_	64 Rome	case
64	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	62 jaws	nmod
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	come	past	Source		Ceylon in the Fables of Kybises	besides this	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from ceylon=Initial_Location
2	adapt	past · passive			Hebrew		vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»
3	use	participle				for political purposes; by Joshua ben in a harangue to the Jews c.	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	beg speech: request	gerund	Source not said here	c.			vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
5	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	Source not said here			patient property	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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