Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3, sentence 31

One day, whilst they were thus sobbing and crying, lo and behold! a beautiful pomelo tree grew up out of the grave, covered with fresh ripe pomeloes, and the children satisfied their hunger by eating some of the fruit, and every day after this, instead of trying to eat the bad dinner their step-mother provided for them, they used to go out to their mother's grave and eat the pomeloes which grew there on the beautiful tree.

Who acts: children, beautiful pomelo tree, step mother, pomeloes · What happens: sob, cry, grow up, cover, satisfy, eat · To what, where: One day, grave, hunger, some, bad dinner, pomeloes

This is a sentence of «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (children, beautiful pomelo tree, step mother, pomeloes), 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	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 day	nummod
2	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 grew	obl:unmarked
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sobbing	punct
4	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	8 sobbing	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sobbing	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sobbing	aux
7	thus	thus	ADV	_	8 sobbing	advmod
8	sobbing	sob	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 day	acl:relcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 crying	cc
10	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 sobbing	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lo	punct
12	lo	lo	INTJ	_	8 sobbing	discourse
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 behold	cc
14	behold	behold	INTJ	_	12 lo	conj
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 day	punct
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 tree	det
17	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 tree	amod
18	pomelo	pomelo	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 tree	compound
19	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 grew	nsubj
20	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
21	up	up	ADP	_	20 grew	compound:prt
22	out	out	ADP	_	25 grave	case
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 grave	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 grave	det
25	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 grew	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 covered	punct
27	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 grave	acl
28	with	with	ADP	_	31 pomeloes	case
29	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 pomeloes	amod
30	ripe	ripe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 pomeloes	amod
31	pomeloes	pomeloe	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 covered	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 satisfied	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 satisfied	cc
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 children	det
35	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 satisfied	nsubj
36	satisfied	satisfy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 grew	conj
37	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 hunger	nmod:poss
38	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 satisfied	obj
39	by	by	SCONJ	_	40 eating	mark
40	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	36 satisfied	advcl
41	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	40 eating	obj
42	of	of	ADP	_	44 fruit	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 fruit	det
44	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 some	nmod
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 day	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 day	cc
47	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	48 day	det
48	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 grew	obl:unmarked
49	after	after	ADP	_	50 this	case
50	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	48 day	nmod
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 trying	punct
52	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	54 trying	mark
53	of	of	ADP	_	52 instead	fixed
54	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 grew	advcl
55	to	to	PART	_	56 eat	mark
56	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	54 trying	xcomp
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 dinner	det
58	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 dinner	amod
59	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 eat	obj
60	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 mother	nmod:poss
61	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 mother	compound
62	-	-	PUNCT	_	61 step	punct
63	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 provided	nsubj
64	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 dinner	acl:relcl
65	for	for	ADP	_	66 them	case
66	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 provided	obl
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 used	punct
68	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 used	nsubj
69	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 grew	conj
70	to	to	PART	_	71 go	mark
71	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	69 used	xcomp
72	out	out	ADV	_	71 go	advmod
73	to	to	ADP	_	77 grave	case
74	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	75 mother	nmod:poss
75	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 grave	nmod:poss
76	's	's	PART	_	75 mother	case
77	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 go	obl
78	and	and	CCONJ	_	79 eat	cc
79	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	71 go	conj
80	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	81 pomeloes	det
81	pomeloes	pomeloe	NOUN	Number=Plur	79 eat	obj
82	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	83 grew	nsubj
83	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	81 pomeloes	acl:relcl
84	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	83 grew	advmod
85	on	on	ADP	_	88 tree	case
86	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	88 tree	det
87	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	88 tree	amod
88	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 grew	obl
89	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 grew	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sob	past · progressive	children = child	One day not said here			thus property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent day=Theme
2	cry speech: express	gerund	children = child not said here					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	grow up	past	a beautiful pomelo tree		the grave	day		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out grave=Location
4	cover	participle		the grave not said here			with fresh ripe pomeloes	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with pomeloe=Theme
5	satisfy	past	the children	children's hunger				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hunger=Experiencer
6	eat	gerund	the children not said here	some				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Patient
7	try	gerund	a beautiful pomelo tree not said here					vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
8	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive	a beautiful pomelo tree not said here	the bad dinner				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient
9	provide	past	children's step mother	the bad dinner not said here			for children = child	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition dinner=Theme for they=Beneficiary
10	use	past	children = child					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
11	go out	to-infinitive	children = child not said here				to children's mother's grave; out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	eat	infinitive	children = child not said here	the pomeloes				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pomeloe=Patient
13	grow	past	the pomeloes		the beautiful tree; there			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on tree=Location
14	hunger		children = child					nom hunger «state 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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