Indian Fairy Tales, XXV. the Demon With the Matted Hair., sentence 17
336), in which the Buddha, as a hare, performs a sublime piece of self-sacrifice, and as a reward is translated to the moon, where he can be seen to this day as "the hare in the moon."
Who acts: Buddha · What happens: perform, translate, see · To what, where: sublime piece, reward, Buddha
This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, XXV. the Demon With the Matted Hair.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (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 | 336 | 336 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 1 336 | punct |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 performs | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 performs | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Buddha | det |
| 7 | Buddha | Buddha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 performs | nsubj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hare | punct |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 hare | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 hare | det |
| 11 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Buddha | appos |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Buddha | punct |
| 13 | performs | perform | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 ) | conj |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 piece | det |
| 15 | sublime | sublime | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 piece | amod |
| 16 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 performs | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 sacrifice | case |
| 18 | self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 sacrifice | compound |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 self | punct |
| 20 | sacrifice | sacrifice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 piece | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 translated | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 translated | cc |
| 23 | as | as | ADP | _ | 25 reward | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 reward | det |
| 25 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 translated | nsubj:pass |
| 26 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 translated | aux:pass |
| 27 | translated | translate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 performs | advcl |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 moon | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 moon | det |
| 30 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 translated | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 seen | punct |
| 32 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 36 seen | advmod |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 seen | nsubj |
| 34 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 seen | aux |
| 35 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 36 seen | aux:pass |
| 36 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 moon | acl:relcl |
| 37 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 day | case |
| 38 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 39 day | det |
| 39 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 seen | obl |
| 40 | as | as | ADP | _ | 43 hare | case |
| 41 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 43 hare | punct |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 hare | det |
| 43 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 day | nmod |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 moon | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 moon | det |
| 46 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 hare | nmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 336 | punct |
| 48 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 336 | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | perform | present | the Buddha | a sublime piece of self sacrifice | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme | ||||
| 2 | translate | present · passive | a reward | to the moon | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | see | can · passive | Buddha | day | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
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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