Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 1, sentence 67
Then he himself got his horse all ready for the journey, and he said good-bye to his father and mother; and his mother took her handkerchief and wrapped some sweetmeats in it, and gave it to her son. "
Who acts: prince, mother · What happens: get, say, take, wrap, give · To what, where: horse, good bye, father, handkerchief, sweetmeats, bye · 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 (prince, mother), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 got | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 3 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 2 he | nmod:unmarked |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 horse | nmod:poss |
| 6 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 ready | advmod |
| 8 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 got | xcomp |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 journey | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 journey | det |
| 11 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ready | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 said | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 said | cc |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 said | nsubj |
| 15 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | conj |
| 16 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 bye | amod |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 good | punct |
| 18 | bye | bye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 said | obj |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 father | case |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 father | nmod:poss |
| 21 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 said | obl |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 mother | cc |
| 23 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 father | conj |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 took | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 took | cc |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 mother | nmod:poss |
| 27 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 took | nsubj |
| 28 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | parataxis |
| 29 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 handkerchief | nmod:poss |
| 30 | handkerchief | handkerchief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 took | obj |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 wrapped | cc |
| 32 | wrapped | wrap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 took | conj |
| 33 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 34 sweetmeats | det |
| 34 | sweetmeats | sweetmeat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 wrapped | obj |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 it | case |
| 36 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 wrapped | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 gave | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 gave | cc |
| 39 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 took | conj |
| 40 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 gave | obj |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 son | case |
| 42 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 son | nmod:poss |
| 43 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 gave | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 45 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | prince | prince's horse | then | ready property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horse=Stimulus | ||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | prince | good bye | prince's father and mother | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bye=Topic to father=Recipient | |||
| 3 | take | past | prince's mother | mother's handkerchief | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handkerchief=Theme | ||||
| 4 | wrap | past | prince's mother not said here | some sweetmeats | handkerchief | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sweetmeat=Theme in it=Destination | |||
| 5 | give | past | prince's mother not said here | bye | mother's son | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to son=Recipient |
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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