Indian Fairy Tales, V. the Broken Pot., sentence 19
Crane's edition, No. li.), who probably derived it from the _Directorium Humanæ Vitæ_ of John of Capua, a converted Jew, who translated it from the Hebrew version of the Arabic _Kalilah wa Dimnah_, which was itself derived from the old Syriac version of a Pehlevi translation of the original Indian work, probably called after Karataka and Damanaka, the names of two jackals who figure in the earlier stories of the book.
Who acts: edition, Directorium Humanæ Vitæ, two jackals, original Indian work · What happens: derive, translate, call, figure, name · To what, where: edition, Directorium Humanæ Vitæ, Hebrew version, Kalilah wa Dimnah, old Syriac version, original Indian work · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, V. the Broken Pot.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (edition, Directorium Humanæ Vitæ, two jackals, original Indian work), 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 | Crane | Crane | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 edition | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Crane | case |
| 3 | edition | edition | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 li | punct |
| 5 | No. | no. | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 6 li | compound |
| 6 | li | li | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 edition | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 edition | punct |
| 8 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 edition | punct |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 derived | punct |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 derived | nsubj |
| 11 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 12 derived | advmod |
| 12 | derived | derive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 edition | conj |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 derived | obj |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 Vitæ | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Vitæ | det |
| 16 | _ | _ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Directorium | compound |
| 17 | Directorium | Directorium | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Vitæ | compound |
| 18 | Humanæ | Humanæ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Vitæ | compound |
| 19 | Vitæ | Vitæ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 derived | obl |
| 20 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 22 John | punct |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 John | case |
| 22 | John | John | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Vitæ | conj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 Capua | case |
| 24 | Capua | Capua | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 John | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 Jew | punct |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 Jew | det |
| 27 | converted | converted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 Jew | amod |
| 28 | Jew | Jew | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Vitæ | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 translated | punct |
| 30 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 translated | nsubj |
| 31 | translated | translate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 Vitæ | parataxis |
| 32 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 translated | obj |
| 33 | from | from | ADP | _ | 36 version | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 version | det |
| 35 | Hebrew | hebrew | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 version | amod |
| 36 | version | version | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 translated | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 Arabic | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Arabic | det |
| 39 | Arabic | Arabic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 version | nmod |
| 40 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 43 Dimnah | punct |
| 41 | Kalilah | Kalilah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 Dimnah | compound |
| 42 | wa | WA | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 Dimnah | compound |
| 43 | Dimnah | Dimnah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 translated | parataxis |
| 44 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 43 Dimnah | punct |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 derived | punct |
| 46 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 49 derived | nsubj:pass |
| 47 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 derived | aux:pass |
| 48 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 49 derived | obl:unmarked |
| 49 | derived | derive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 Dimnah | acl |
| 50 | from | from | ADP | _ | 54 version | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 version | det |
| 52 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 version | amod |
| 53 | Syriac | Syriac | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 version | compound |
| 54 | version | version | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 derived | obl |
| 55 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 translation | case |
| 56 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 58 translation | det |
| 57 | Pehlevi | Pehlevi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 translation | compound |
| 58 | translation | translation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 version | nmod |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 63 work | case |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 work | det |
| 61 | original | original | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 63 work | amod |
| 62 | Indian | Indian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 63 work | amod |
| 63 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 translation | nmod |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 called | punct |
| 65 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 66 called | advmod |
| 66 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 63 work | acl |
| 67 | after | after | ADP | _ | 68 Karataka | case |
| 68 | Karataka | Karataka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 called | xcomp |
| 69 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 70 Damanaka | cc |
| 70 | Damanaka | Damanaka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 68 Karataka | conj |
| 71 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 73 names | punct |
| 72 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 73 names | det |
| 73 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 68 Karataka | appos |
| 74 | of | of | ADP | _ | 76 jackals | case |
| 75 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 76 jackals | nummod |
| 76 | jackals | jackal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 73 names | nmod |
| 77 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 78 figure | nsubj |
| 78 | figure | figure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 76 jackals | acl:relcl |
| 79 | in | in | ADP | _ | 82 stories | case |
| 80 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 82 stories | det |
| 81 | earlier | early | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 82 stories | amod |
| 82 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 78 figure | obl |
| 83 | of | of | ADP | _ | 85 book | case |
| 84 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 85 book | det |
| 85 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 82 stories | nmod |
| 86 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 edition | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derive | past | Crane's edition and No. li | edition | the Directorium Humanæ Vitæ and John of Capua and a converted Jew | probably property | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent it=Result from vitæ=Material | ||
| 2 | translate | past | the Directorium Humanæ Vitæ and John of Capua and a converted Jew | edition | the Hebrew version of the Arabic | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.material PP.result»: agent=Agent it=Patient from version=Initial_State | |||
| 3 | derive | past · passive | Kalilah wa Dimnah | the old Syriac version of a Pehlevi translation of the original Indian work | version obl:unmarked | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from version=Material | |||
| 4 | call | participle | the original Indian work not said here | probably property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | figure | present | two jackals | the earlier stories of the book | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 6 | translate | the original Indian work | nom translation «communication intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 7 | name | two jackals | nom name «communication 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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