Indian Fairy Tales, Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 3, sentence 68

But in the afternoon, it being very hot, the seven Princesses all fell asleep, and when he saw they were fast asleep, the Raja, their father, stole away and left them (for he feared his wife), saying to himself: "It is better my poor daughters should die here, than be killed by their step-mother."

Who acts: rice, seven Princesses, thing, Princesses, Raja, poor daughters · What happens: be, fall, see, steal away, leave, fear · To what, where: Princesses, wife, thing · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (rice, seven Princesses, thing, Princesses), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	9 hot	cc
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 afternoon	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 afternoon	det
4	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hot	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 afternoon	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hot	nsubj
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 hot	cop
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 hot	advmod
9	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fell	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Princesses	det
12	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 Princesses	nummod
13	Princesses	Princess	PROPN	Number=Plur	15 fell	nsubj
14	all	all	ADV	_	15 fell	advmod
15	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 hot	parataxis
16	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 fell	xcomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 saw	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 saw	cc
19	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	21 saw	advmod
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 saw	nsubj
21	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 fell	conj
22	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 asleep	nsubj
23	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 asleep	cop
24	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	25 asleep	advmod
25	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 saw	ccomp
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 Raja	punct
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 Raja	det
28	Raja	Raja	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 stole	nsubj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 father	punct
30	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 father	nmod:poss
31	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 Raja	appos
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 father	punct
33	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 fell	conj
34	away	away	ADV	_	33 stole	advmod
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 left	cc
36	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 fell	conj
37	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 left	obj
38	(	(	PUNCT	_	41 feared	punct
39	for	for	SCONJ	_	41 feared	mark
40	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 feared	nsubj
41	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 left	conj
42	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 wife	nmod:poss
43	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 feared	obj
44	)	)	PUNCT	_	41 feared	punct
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 saying	punct
46	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	41 feared	advcl
47	to	to	ADP	_	48 himself	case
48	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	46 saying	obl
49	:	:	PUNCT	_	53 better	punct
50	"	"	PUNCT	_	53 better	punct
51	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 better	expl
52	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 better	cop
53	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	46 saying	ccomp
54	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 daughters	nmod:poss
55	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 daughters	amod
56	daughters	daughter	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 die	nsubj
57	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 die	aux
58	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 better	csubj
59	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	58 die	advmod
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 killed	punct
61	than	than	SCONJ	_	63 killed	mark
62	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	63 killed	aux:pass
63	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 die	conj
64	by	by	ADP	_	68 mother	case
65	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	68 mother	nmod:poss
66	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 mother	compound
67	-	-	PUNCT	_	66 step	punct
68	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 killed	obl
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 hot	punct
70	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 hot	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	rice				afternoon	hot property	tree rules
2	fall	past	the seven Princesses					all, asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	see	past	thing						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	is	past	Princesses = princess					asleep, fast property	tree rules
5	steal away	past	the Raja					away property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	leave	past	the seven Princesses not said here	Princesses = princess					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
7	fear	past	thing	thing's wife					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus
8	say speech: assert	gerund	thing not said here		thing				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient
9	is in a quote	present						good property	tree rules
10	die in a quote	should	my poor daughters			here			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
11	kill in a quote	infinitive · passive	daughters's step mother						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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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