Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 1, sentence 141

Our king has forbidden the people in his country to light any lamps; for, as soon as it is dark, his daughter, the Princess Labam, comes and sits on her roof, and she shines so that she lights up all the country and our houses, and we can see to do our work as if it were day."

Who acts: king, lamp, need, we, our · What happens: forbid, light, be, come, sit, shine · To what, where: people, country, lamps, roof, work

This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, lamp, need, we), 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	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 king	nmod:poss
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forbidden	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 forbidden	aux
4	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 people	det
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 forbidden	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 country	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 country	nmod:poss
9	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forbidden	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 light	mark
11	light	light	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 forbidden	xcomp
12	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	13 lamps	det
13	lamps	lamp	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 light	obj
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 comes	punct
15	for	for	SCONJ	_	22 dark	mark
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 dark	punct
17	as	as	ADV	_	18 soon	advmod
18	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	22 dark	advmod
19	as	as	SCONJ	_	22 dark	mark
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 dark	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 dark	cop
22	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 comes	advcl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 daughter	punct
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 daughter	nmod:poss
25	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 dark	conj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 Labam	punct
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 Labam	det
28	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 Labam	compound
29	Labam	Labam	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 daughter	appos
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 Labam	punct
31	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 forbidden	parataxis
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 sits	cc
33	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 comes	conj
34	on	on	ADP	_	36 roof	case
35	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 roof	nmod:poss
36	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 sits	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 shines	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 shines	cc
39	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 shines	nsubj
40	shines	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 comes	conj
41	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	44 lights	mark
42	that	that	SCONJ	_	41 so	fixed
43	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 lights	nsubj
44	lights	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	40 shines	advcl
45	up	up	ADP	_	44 lights	compound:prt
46	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	48 country	det:predet
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 country	det
48	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 lights	obl
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 houses	cc
50	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 houses	nmod:poss
51	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 country	conj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 see	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 see	cc
54	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	56 see	nsubj
55	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	56 see	aux
56	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 forbidden	parataxis
57	to	to	PART	_	58 do	mark
58	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 see	xcomp
59	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 work	nmod:poss
60	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 do	obj
61	as	as	ADP	_	65 day	case
62	if	if	SCONJ	_	65 day	mark
63	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 day	nsubj
64	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 day	cop
65	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 do	obl
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	56 see	punct
67	"	"	PUNCT	_	56 see	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	present · perfect	Our king	the people	King's country			tree rules
2	light	to-infinitive	Our king not said here	any lamps				vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Product
3	is	present	lamp				dark, soon property	tree rules
4	come	present						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	sit	present			need's roof			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on roof=Location
6	shine	present	need					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
7	light up	present	need	all country and our houses				vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	see	can	we					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
9	do	to-infinitive	we not said here	our work				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality
10	is a condition, not said to happen	past	lamp			as day		tree rules
11	work		our					nom work «act intransitive»: poss=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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