Indian Fairy Tales, XXV. the Demon With the Matted Hair., sentence 32
The Jataka accordingly contains the Buddhist explanation why the moon--_i.e._ the hare in the moon, _i.e._ Buddha--is not altogether swallowed up by the Demon of Eclipse, the Demon with the Matted Hair.
Who acts: Jataka, Demon · What happens: contain, not swallow up · To what, where: Buddhist explanation
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 (Jataka, Demon), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Jataka | det |
| 2 | Jataka | Jataka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 contains | nsubj |
| 3 | accordingly | accordingly | ADV | _ | 4 contains | advmod |
| 4 | contains | contain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 explanation | det |
| 6 | Buddhist | buddhist | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 explanation | amod |
| 7 | explanation | explanation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 contains | obj |
| 8 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 explanation | acl:relcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 moon | det |
| 10 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 why | nsubj |
| 11 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 16 hare | punct |
| 12 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 13 i.e. | punct |
| 13 | i.e. | i.e. | ADV | _ | 16 hare | advmod |
| 14 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 13 i.e. | punct |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 hare | det |
| 16 | hare | hare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 moon | appos |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 moon | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 moon | det |
| 19 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 hare | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 i.e. | punct |
| 21 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 22 i.e. | punct |
| 22 | i.e. | i.e. | ADV | _ | 10 moon | conj |
| 23 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 29 swallowed | punct |
| 24 | Buddha | Buddha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 swallowed | vocative |
| 25 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 24 Buddha | punct |
| 26 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 swallowed | aux:pass |
| 27 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 29 swallowed | advmod |
| 28 | altogether | altogether | ADV | _ | 29 swallowed | advmod |
| 29 | swallowed | swallow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 i.e. | acl |
| 30 | up | up | ADP | _ | 29 swallowed | compound:prt |
| 31 | by | by | ADP | _ | 33 Demon | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 Demon | det |
| 33 | Demon | Demon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 swallowed | obl:agent |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 Eclipse | case |
| 35 | Eclipse | Eclipse | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Demon | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 Demon | punct |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 Demon | det |
| 38 | Demon | demon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 Demon | appos |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 42 Hair | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Hair | det |
| 41 | Matted | Matted | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 Hair | compound |
| 42 | Hair | Hair | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Demon | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 contains | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contain | present | the Jataka | the Buddhist explanation | accordingly property | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot explanation=Theme | |||
| 2 | not swallow up | present · passive | the Demon of Eclipse | Buddha vocative; altogether property | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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