Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat, Round About Nasik., sentence 86
For whereas in other spots the bull is regarded as Shiva’s servant, here the bull is regarded as the great god’s guru or teacher; for he taught the god to get rid of the vision that haunted him.
Who acts: Shiva, vision · What happens: regard, teach, get, haunt · To what, where: bull, god, Shiva
This is a sentence of «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Round About Nasik.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Shiva, vision), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | For | for | ADP | _ | 2 whereas | case |
| 2 | whereas | wherea | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 regarded | obl |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 spots | case |
| 4 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 spots | amod |
| 5 | spots | spot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 whereas | nmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bull | det |
| 7 | bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 regarded | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 regarded | aux:pass |
| 9 | regarded | regard | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 servant | case |
| 11 | Shiva | Shiva | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 servant | nmod:poss |
| 12 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 11 Shiva | case |
| 13 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 regarded | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 regarded | punct |
| 15 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 19 regarded | advmod |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 bull | det |
| 17 | bull | bull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 regarded | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 regarded | aux:pass |
| 19 | regarded | regard | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 regarded | conj |
| 20 | as | as | ADP | _ | 25 guru | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 god | det |
| 22 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 god | amod |
| 23 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 guru | nmod:poss |
| 24 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 23 god | case |
| 25 | guru | guru | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 regarded | obl |
| 26 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 27 teacher | cc |
| 27 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 guru | conj |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 taught | punct |
| 29 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 31 taught | mark |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 taught | nsubj |
| 31 | taught | teach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 regarded | advcl |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 god | det |
| 33 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 taught | obj |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 get | mark |
| 35 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 taught | xcomp |
| 36 | rid | rid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 get | xcomp |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 vision | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 vision | det |
| 39 | vision | vision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 rid | obl |
| 40 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 haunted | nsubj |
| 41 | haunted | haunt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 vision | acl:relcl |
| 42 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 haunted | obj |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 regarded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | regard | present · passive | the bull | for whereas in other spots; as Shiva's servant | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for wherea=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | regard | present · passive | the bull | here | as the great god's guru or teacher | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as guru=Value | |||
| 3 | teach speech: other | past | Shiva | the god | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent god=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | get | to-infinitive | Shiva not said here | rid property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | haunt | past | the vision | Shiva | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=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: «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. A. Kincaid, Project Gutenberg book 76982 (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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