Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 1, sentence 34
This she said because she knew if he went on the fourth side he would hear of the beautiful Princess Labam, and that then he would leave his father and mother and seek for the princess.
Who acts: This, friendship, Rani · What happens: say, know, go, hear, leave, seek · To what, where: fourth side, father · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (This, friendship, Rani), 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 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 said | nsubj |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 knew | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 knew | nsubj |
| 6 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | ccomp |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 went | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 went | nsubj |
| 9 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 knew | ccomp |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 side | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 side | det |
| 12 | fourth | fourth | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 13 side | amod |
| 13 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 went | obl |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 hear | nsubj |
| 15 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 hear | aux |
| 16 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 side | acl:relcl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 Labam | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Labam | det |
| 19 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 Labam | amod |
| 20 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Labam | compound |
| 21 | Labam | Labam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 hear | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 leave | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 leave | cc |
| 24 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 25 then | mark |
| 25 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 28 leave | obl |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 leave | nsubj |
| 27 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 leave | aux |
| 28 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 father | nmod:poss |
| 30 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 leave | obj |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 mother | cc |
| 32 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 father | conj |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 seek | cc |
| 34 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 leave | conj |
| 35 | for | for | ADP | _ | 37 princess | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 princess | det |
| 37 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 seek | obl |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | This | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | know | past | friendship | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | go a condition, not said to happen | past | Rani | the fourth side | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on side=Location | ||||
| 4 | hear | would | Rani | the fourth side not said here | of the beautiful Princess Labam | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer side=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | leave | would | Rani | Rani's father and mother | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme | ||||
| 6 | seek | infinitive | Rani not said here | for the princess | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for princess=Theme |
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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